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| Red China warns Taiwan against 'provocation' |
| 2004-11-15 |
| Analyst says confrontation between rivals may be 'unavoidable' One of China's top Taiwan policymakers said on Monday armed conflict will be unavoidable if the island keeps provoking and pushing for independence, but held out hope for the rivals reopening long-stalled dialogue. Tension has been simmering since the March re-election of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, who said last week the next two years are key to resuming dialogue with China and suggested the two sides set up a "buffer zone" to avoid accidental military conflict. "I think it is unavoidable tension will rise in the Taiwan Straits and there may even be armed conflict ... if the island keeps bumping Beijing's 'one China' bottom line and pushes for independence," Wang Zaixi, vice minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office, told Reuters in a rare interview. "The Chen Shui-bian authorities are exploiting our restraint on the Taiwan issue," he said. "They are attempting to exploit ... the fact that mainland compatriots are focusing energy on developing the economy and exploit our preparations for the 2008 Olympics," said Wang, a People's Liberation Army major general before becoming vice minister in 2000. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #2 errrrr.....uh...ok? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-15 9:28:03 PM |
| #1 AKA - Heil, Heil, Der MarxReich/StalinReich StaatFrau Hillary Clinton: Hillarina Vidae, 2008 -2020! TAIWAN is just an AIRBORNE LEAPFROG to the Philippines and CENTPAC, and cutting off US reinforcement to Japan, Guam, Singapore, and East Asia. SIBERIA/RUSS FAR EAST to JAPAN/ALCAN up north, NORTH KOREA to JAPAN-WESTPAC in center, and TAIWAN to PHIL-WEST/CENTPAC down South, with INDIA-DESTABILIZING NEPALESE MAOISTS as tertiary -with all this besides IRAN, SYRIA, and L'AFFRIQQUE, etc. I doubt superPC Hillary will run for POTUS in 2008 unless already resolved by someone else, or nothing will happen until after her POTUS tenure. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2004-11-15 9:22:50 PM |