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"We will never go into open war to defend Taiwan from China."

"China, U.S. Hold Major War Exercises" (NewsMax)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/7/20/183829.shtml
Chinese troops in complex air, land and sea maneuvers that will last a week and shadow a U.S. exercise, “Summer Pulse 2004,” itself an impressive military evolution of seven aircraft-carrier strike groups.
The U.S. exercise, which is global in scope, also involves 50 warships, 600 aircraft and 150,000 troops, and has been described as one of the biggest military exercises ever staged.

"China's militarists humiliated by President Bush's resolve" (Brookes News)
http://www.brookesnews.com/040507zhang.html

"U.S. rebukes China's Taiwan threat" (Reuters)
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/taiwan.china.us.reut/index.html

"China arrests Roman Catholic priests, detains Protestant church members"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4100223,00.html

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Please see the information behind the following.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1282223/posts?page=59#59