[tallhappy]

There is nothing new in GWB's position on this matter

Not true.

The only precedent was Bill Clinton's 1998 statements in Shanghai.

President Bush has gone built on and gone beyond what Clinton said in 1998.

[SunTzuWu]

Hey! One fight at a time. We have OBL, Saddam, and NK on the plate at the moment. Now you want GW to take on China as well? You need to pick your battles a little more carefully. Some are worth fighting now, others are best fought later. China's political system is incompatable with a free market economy. China and Tiwan will unify, after China follows Tiwan's political example.

[Quix]

How and where has he gone beyond?

I felt DILLDO AND SHRILLERY sold us down the river to Beijing WITH AND IN ADDITION TO Taiwan.