[spanalot]

"It's gonna be a choice between Wal-Mart and cheap goods vs our desire to see a free people in Taiwan. Which side of this will we be on? Sadly I don't know."

Well it gets worse than that - who says China stops with Taiwan.

I hope that they get some of that Orange Flu over there - there is good potential that the billions will demand plumbing and electricity before they spend gazillions for 2x aircraft carriers.

[KoRn]

What I've never understood(maybe someone could answer this) is why Taiwan is so important to China? If they don't want to be apart of China, why does China insist on cracking down on them and risking war with us just to keep them in line?