Taiwanese leader sees White House 'tilt' toward Beijing

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | 6/25/2003 | David R. Sands

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U.S. opposition to two planned referendums has fed fears of a "perceived tilt" by the Bush administration toward mainland China, the chairman of Taiwan's parliamentary foreign affairs committee said in an interview yesterday.

Parris H. Chang, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan and a member of Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said the concerns are widespread among government officials and lawmakers, despite repeated assurances from Washington that there has been no change in policy toward the Republic of China.

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Many of the Bush administration's own conservative supporters are echoing Mr. Chang's fears that the United States has moved away from the strongly pro-Taiwan stand of Mr. Bush's early days in office.

David R. Sands

[joesnuffy]

Chinese slaves the key to whats left of an American lifestyle

[Satadru]

So what? Bush can still beat up Burma, a country irrelevant towards our national security. Notice in Bush's Axis of Evil speech, he did not include communism as one of the wrong-headed philosophies that has caused pain and suffering to the people. If he did, I am sure his friends in China will be quite upset.

[Dr Warmoose]

I wonder how much of Bush's campaign war chest came from China? If no one cared that the Dems received Chicom contributions, why would the socialist Bush administration turn it's nose away from the subversives there?

[Enemy Of The State]

Ping!