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China - Beijing opposes US-Japan statement on Taiwan
Xinhua News Agency (China) ^ | February 20, 2005

Posted on 02/19/2005 11:10:45 PM PST by HAL9000

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To: HAL9000

Condi looks particularly lovely in that outfit.


21 posted on 02/20/2005 5:35:57 AM PST by Paul_Denton (The UN is UN-American! Get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN!)
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To: The Westerner
There have been two developments this week in foreign policy that suggest that dumping Colin Powell was a good thing for this country. Finally a statement has been issued supporting Taiwan. It's been a long time since we have heard anything like this. And there was also a statement about supporting Israel if Iran attacked her, wasn't that the gist of it?

Colin Powell's removal was the best thing to happen since the time Klintoon was no longer president. In 2001 president Bush said "whatever it takes" to defend Taiwan. Now that the obstical called Colin Powell has been removed he is living up to that again.

22 posted on 02/20/2005 5:38:31 AM PST by Paul_Denton (The UN is UN-American! Get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN!)
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To: Avenger
This is especially true in the case of Taiwan. In the past 110 years Taiwan and Mainland China have only been under the same government for 4 years and this is being extremely generous because during the period from 1945-1949 there was really no effective government of China since the country was in the midst of a civil war. During the 230 years prior to this there was only about 10 years that China (under the Ching dynasty) really made any effort to develop Taiwan. Other than Taiwan was at best ignored. In all of China's history with Taiwan, the people of that Island have gotten nothing positive from the Mainland: the were negelected and mistreated by the Ching and then later traded off to Japan for peace, they were abused and suppressed by the KMT, and they are currently being threatened by the PRC. The people of Taiwan have more than earned their right to choose their own future without threats of intimidation.

I agree. There was also the founding of the short-lived Taiwan Republic in 1895, just before Japan colonized the island too.

23 posted on 02/20/2005 5:43:34 AM PST by Paul_Denton (The UN is UN-American! Get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN!)
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To: HAL9000
Beijing urged the United States to see to their respective commitments toward Chinese people concerning Taiwan, and refrain from doing things that affect peace and stability in Asia and Pacific.

We urge china to keep its hands off of Taiwan and stop arming islamic states with nuclear weapons or face utter destruction.

24 posted on 02/20/2005 5:58:29 AM PST by Paul_Denton (The UN is UN-American! Get the UN out of the US and US out of the UN!)
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To: PhilDragoo
bump!

25 posted on 02/20/2005 6:57:58 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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