That's a real stick in the eye to the PRC...as it should be.
Yep and thanks.
Why does China want Taiwan? Most people miss the simple answer. It's because of Taiwan's fantastic high tech economy. China salivates at having all that economic power and foreign reserves under it's own rule. To have those high tech engineers to help do research and development on China's high tech war machine.
Taiwan is so powerful in the computer world as afar as chips, motherboards, laptops and more, that after invading/capturing Taiwan, China could possibly play favorites on who gets to buy the latest high tech toys from Taiwan. China will of course have first shot.
Thanks Jeff for the ping to this thread:
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"China Berates US Shift on Military Staff at Taiwan Mission"
CNSNews.com International ^ | August 1, 2005 | Patrick Goodenough
Posted on 08/01/2005 3:05:12 PM PDT by Jeff Head