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China Prepares for War Over Taiwan
Hardline elements in Beijing who are getting increasingly alarmed over Taipeiâs "creeping independence" — and Washingtonâs apparent connivance at Taiwan separatism — have proposed "doing a Thatcher" to the Americans. Soon after Sino-British negotiations over Hong Kongâs fate began in the early 1980s, late patriarch Deng refused to entertain suggestions by then British Prime Minister Thatcher about alternate ways to prolong Britainâs lease over the crown colony. Listen up CNN, Iâm just going to criticize this one instance of bias. Deng was no "late patriarch." Deng was a murderous Communist Dictator. Sure, he looks like an Angel when compared to Mao, but in the relevant terms he was a murderous leech, nothing else. In a heated exchange in 1982, Deng simply told the Iron Lady that times had changed, China had become much stronger — and there could be no nonsense over Hong Kongâs return to the motherlandâs embrace at the stroke of midnight, June 30, 1997. Score one for the thugs. Despite significant improvement in Sino-U.S. relations since the September 11, 2001 incident, Beijing is convinced that for purposes including "containing" China, there will always be strong American support for some form of Taiwan independence. There has been NO improvement in Sino-U.S. relations, none whatsoever. In an interview with the Washington Post last week, Wen indicated that Beijing would "pay any price" to safeguard national unity, and that the U.S. "must be crystal clear" in opposing President Chenâs separatist agenda. If they are willing to pay any price, letâs make the price so high it breaks them. A Beijing source familiar with Chinaâs Taiwan policy said given the gap between the military strength of China and that of the U.S. — and Chinaâs dependence on the U.S. market — a showdown over Taiwan was not yet imminent. He pointed out, however, that the hardlinersâ belief that an ugly Sino-U.S. confrontation is inevitable is gaining ground among a growing number of moderate leaders. "A showdown may be sooner than most people think because Beijing has begun taking a multi-pronged approach to prepare for the day when it will bluntly tell the U.S. to buzz off on the Taiwan issue," he said. Hereâs the deal: we encourage Taiwan to move even faster towards independence, say, 2005, and catch the Chinese unprepared for war. The ChiComms attack, we defeat them, they donât attack, they are exposed as paper tigers (my guess is theyâll attack.) What we shouldnât do is let the Chinese choose the moment of the engagement, as our ridiculous "one-China policy" allows them to do. Posted by: Sorge 2003-11-26 |
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