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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries

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To: TobagoJack who wrote (39026)10/1/2003 10:52:49 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
as it is turning out, the administration of hopefully strong and possibly sophisticated is busily but sophisticatedly doing China's thankless work as China is 'weakly and without confidence', doing nothing, much as the French does:

I wouldn't say the Chinese are doing nothing. But what they ARE doing is political and economic, not military coercion.

It seems that this time around, Beijing has learned its lesson and is holding its missiles -- and its tongue. Chinese leaders so far have met Chen's challenges with a relatively muted response and appear to be content to watch passively from the sidelines, especially while Chen falls behind in the polls. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said Sept. 30 that Beijing would "continue to implement the policy of peaceful reunification."

And I've always believed this was the proper approach for Bejing to follow if they wanted to entice Taiwan back into their fold. I don't believe Bush, or anyone else for that matter, would be foolish enough to attempt to prevent a peaceful reunification.

My discussion of "Bush's strength" focuses on his willingness to protect Taiwan from military coercion, not on trying to prevent peaceful reunification...

Hawk
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