81.   The assessment came two days after Bush visited China and pledged to help protect the small island if the massive Chinese military launched an unprovoked attack.

82.   The Chinese military has drawn up a strategy for capturing Taiwan should its president refuse to make major concessions to Beijing, a Hong Kong newspaper said Thursday.

83.   The deployment is a delicate topic because the Chinese military is widely mistrusted here.

84.   The Chinese military conducted two rounds of missile tests earlier this year in seas close to Taiwan.

85.   The Chinese military has spent heavily in recent years on sophisticated weapons.

86.   The House also considered restricting activities by U.S. companies with ties to the Chinese military.

87.   The impeccably orderly deployment, capping a spectacular handover ceremony Monday, suggested that the Chinese military is aware of the suspicion many Hong Kong people harbor toward it.

88.   The report cited sources close to the Chinese military.

89.   The Pentagon said this week that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had suspended all contacts with the Chinese military.

90.   The spy plane, which used high-tech listening devices to monitor the Chinese military, remains on Hainan.