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John Prophet · March 19th, 2004, 12:00 PM

huge story in my mind. I dont know who all is following this...but Taiwan used to be part of China...of course China went commie back in the late 40's or whatever and Taiwan went democratic instead.

So America is honor bound and legally bound to support Taiwan.

so far so good.

The only issue being that Taiwan considers herself to be sovereign.....but China considers Taiwan to be a district of China and therefore NOT sovereign. There is some document I am not too sure about...I think it was written by Kissinger...stating that there is "one China" and that Taiwan must not break away BY FORCE" (or something like that).

sooooo....China has OPENLY stated that if Taiwan tries to break away that it WILL start WW3. They also stated BEFORE the last election, when the current president Chen Shui-bian won, that if he in fact DID win..that THAT would start WW3.

I dont have the exact quote but when some Chinese diplomats were visiting over here...the comment was made to their American counterparts that "we dont think you will trade Bejing for Los Angeles"...or something to that effect....strongly implying that they arent afraid to go nuke.

Bush was asked the question "what would you do to help protect/defend Taiwan if China were to invade her"....his answer was "anything it takes".....a pretty strong statement considering that he hasnt really exxagerated his claims for the use of military force...he has fairly well done what he has said...so he isnt afraid to pull the trigger himself.

that means its a fairly taut tension over the situation....

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so..that brings us to now....the Chinese elections are coming AGAIN....uhh...TOMMORROW!!!! and now Chen Shui-bian AND the femal vice pres get shot http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...hen/index.html

The problem is that Chen Shui-bian has been making noises about having a referendum on Taiwanese sovereignty if he is re-elected.....to which CHina has restated again and again....the minute Taiwan tries to break away China will INSTANTLY invade...that Taiwan will NEVER be sovereign.

So this election is something to watch....it could have HUGE implications.

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by the way the French support the Chinese (communists)....while the Americans support the Taiwanese

JP

March 19th, 2004, 12:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
John Prophet Ultimate Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 10,821	huge story in my mind. I dont know who all is following this...but Taiwan used to be part of China...of course China went commie back in the late 40's or whatever and Taiwan went democratic instead. So America is honor bound and legally bound to support Taiwan. so far so good. The only issue being that Taiwan considers herself to be sovereign.....but China considers Taiwan to be a district of China and therefore NOT sovereign. There is some document I am not too sure about...I think it was written by Kissinger...stating that there is "one China" and that Taiwan must not break away BY FORCE" (or something like that). sooooo....China has OPENLY stated that if Taiwan tries to break away that it WILL start WW3. They also stated BEFORE the last election, when the current president Chen Shui-bian won, that if he in fact DID win..that THAT would start WW3. I dont have the exact quote but when some Chinese diplomats were visiting over here...the comment was made to their American counterparts that "we dont think you will trade Bejing for Los Angeles"...or something to that effect....strongly implying that they arent afraid to go nuke. Bush was asked the question "what would you do to help protect/defend Taiwan if China were to invade her"....his answer was "anything it takes".....a pretty strong statement considering that he hasnt really exxagerated his claims for the use of military force...he has fairly well done what he has said...so he isnt afraid to pull the trigger himself. that means its a fairly taut tension over the situation.... ---- so..that brings us to now....the Chinese elections are coming AGAIN....uhh...TOMMORROW!!!! and now Chen Shui-bian AND the femal vice pres get shot http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...hen/index.html The problem is that Chen Shui-bian has been making noises about having a referendum on Taiwanese sovereignty if he is re-elected.....to which CHina has restated again and again....the minute Taiwan tries to break away China will INSTANTLY invade...that Taiwan will NEVER be sovereign. So this election is something to watch....it could have HUGE implications. ----- by the way the French support the Chinese (communists)....while the Americans support the Taiwanese JP __________________ "Even a fool is thought to be wise if he is silent" Last edited by John Prophet : March 19th, 2004 at 12:54 PM.