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TAIWAN TINDERBOX
China to attack Taipei in 2006?
Official, expert agree strike is coming
Posted: June 10, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

A top Taiwanese defense official and an expert on the Chinese military both said yesterday Beijing is ready, willing and able to attack the island soon.

The Peoples Liberation Army has the capability to blockade Taiwan using missile-strike zones, George Washington University professor David Shambaugh told the Foreign Correspondents Club in Beijing.

The world should not be surprised if the mainland makes the move against Taiwan in 2006, he added.

"The PLA is increasingly able and willing to use a whole range of means to threaten Taiwan – electronic, naval, air, missiles, special operations," said Shambaugh. "[The PLA] has been preparing since the 1996 missile crisis to implement a spectrum of capabilities.

[jerseygirl]

I don't think China is going to wait until 2006. Chen has been too outspoken. IMO China will act very quickly to attack the ROC. IMO they will do so when the US is "occupied" elsewhere- as in responding to AQ attacks, wmd in Iraq, etc.

[Domestic Church]

North Korea has tested a 2nd stage missle (made partially in China?) which certainly cranks the heat up this summer(Might NK be part of the diversion for the Chinese attack on Taiwan?):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1150891/posts

[Quix]

Super sigh.

And, I still want to go back to live and teach there.

Yup, incurably in love with the people and the place.