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  • China told to use nukes if Taiwan hits dam

    06/19/2004 8:19:18 AM PDT · by hedgetrimmer · 48 replies · 222+ views
    The Straits Times ^ | June 19 2004 | Guo Shiping
    Some parliamentary delegates call on Beijing to retract its no-first-use pledge to deter 'terrorist acts' like dam strike SHENZHEN - China should withdraw its undertaking on no first-use of nuclear weapons should Taiwan try to blow up the Three Gorges Dam, according to some parliamentary delegates. The call was made by them - as well as some who sit on the country's top political advisory body - in the wake of a recent US Defence Department report which suggested that Taiwan could target the dam in a pre-emptive strike. Advertisement That study sparked off a public debate in Taiwan on...