[tallhappy]

Let's take a deep breath here. My read on this is that until Taiwan wants to be reunited with China, we won't let it happen.

So therefore Bush would make a statement directly opposite of this?

Quite a complex strategy.

[Quix]

Any strategy with China will end up being a complex strategy.

China is a complex entity.

Even Mao confessed to Nixon's daughter that he was only able to change things a little only right around Beijing. I don't think Mao understood China overly well except that he knew the peasants had had enough of the corrupt government. Now the medicine is worse than the disease.

We ought not forget the corrupt Chinese gangs/mafia types either. They seem to transcend all boundaries. What was that novel in recent years--well done book about such.