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To: Rustam Tahir who wrote (24508)3/20/2000 5:57:00 PM
From: John Cuthbertson   of 25960
 
OT: China

Rustam,

You make the very salient point that China does not actually have the military capability to successfully invade Taiwan. However, I have to disagree with you a bit about Chinese history. You said, "China has been in only one major war in the last god knows how many years: Korean War." Not really so. The major war for the Chinese this century was the Sino-Japanese War that began with the Japanese takeover of Manchuria in 1931 and eventually developed into a major part of World War II. The Chinese didn't start that war, but they were certainly "in" it--millions of Chinese died. This of course was followed almost immediately by the civil war that led to the Communist victory in mainland China in 1949, followed closely by the conquest of Tibet. You might not call Tibet a "major" war, but it shows that the Chinese are not averse to military conquest when they actually have the means.

==John C.
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