The info Deb Mc collected could possibly point to the nature of the "spectacular" attacks that would be totally unanticipated.
Here is some further news about China/Taiwan/US:
U.S. Warns Taiwan on Independence Moves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned Taiwan on Wednesday that unilateral moves toward independence could destroy its economic and democratic "miracle" and urged President Chen Shui-bian to take China's threats of military retaliation seriously.
Laying down a stern marker after Chen won a tight re-election campaign, Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said, "We in the United States see these risks clearly and trust they are well understood by (Chen) and others in Taiwan."
But under questioning by members of congress, Kelly also said that if China moved militarily against Taiwan, Washington would view this with grave concern and President Bush's three-year-old promise to "do whatever it took" to defend Taiwan would come into play.
China continues to deploy intimidating missiles opposite Taiwan and refuses to renounce the use of force despite U.S. pleadings that it should do so, Kelly said in written testimony to the House of Representatives International Relations Committee.
While Washington strongly disagrees with China's approach, "it would be irresponsible of us and of Taiwan's leaders to treat these statements as empty threats," he said.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle....storyID=4899937 (snip)