Ruh roh, Flavius, this bodes no good I fear.
Let's ping TigerLikesRooster and get their take eh?
If Taiwan REALLY wants to tweak the dragon's tail, they should announce that they have a nuclear weapons capability, and that any attack upon Taiwan will be met with "appropriate" retaliation.
How do you like your Peking Duck? Just glowing in the dark, or nuclear-fried to a crisp?
Heh.
This is a way of Chen attempting to shoring up his political fortune, which is down lately.
On the other hand, this could be an useful leverage against China, to resolve N. Korean problem in our favor.