SPEAKING FREELY Five triggers for a Chinese attack on TaiwanBy Lawrence E Grinter Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Pleaseclick here if you are interested in contributing. With the re-election of Chen Shui-bian as president of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, continuing trends toward Taiwan's de jure independence and this summer's military exercises by China, the United States and Taiwan, it seems useful to review China's stated or implied "trigger" events for a People's Liberation Army (PLA) attack against the democratically governed nation of Taiwan. Beginning with...