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To: epicure who wrote (3838)9/29/2003 11:07:33 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
Unless China nukes Taiwan, the Taiwanese have enough advanced US arms to sink most of the Chinese navy before they get halfway across the straits.

And a military offensive would have grave implications for the trade relationship, no doubt about it. No way the US could sit by and watch a new war erupt in East Asia and not act. Too much at stake to let the region slip into that kind of anarchy.

As usual, naked self-interest would prevail. My guess is Beijing will make plans to buy Taiwan sometime down the line, fair and square. They are already accumulating enough US Treasury bonds to make a nice down payment.
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