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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery

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To: RealMuLan who wrote (1679)12/4/2003 12:49:28 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) of 6370
 
China: Taiwan headed toward 'abyss of war'
Mainland says the island's possible vote on independence could spark military response

By Joseph Kahn, New York Times

BEIJING -- Chinese military officers said Wednesday that Taiwan's leadership had pushed the island toward the "abyss of war" with its independence drive, making clear that China would consider a popular vote on Taiwan's political status as cause for war.

In lengthy interviews carried prominently by the official New China News Agency and other news outlets, the military officials also said that China would prevent Taiwan from formally declaring independence even if that meant pushing the mainland economy into a recession or destroying its plans to be host to the 2008 Olympics.

"Chen has reached the mainland's bottom line on the Taiwan question," said Luo Yuan, a senior colonel with the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, referring to Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-Bian. "If they refuse to come to their senses and continue to use referenda as an excuse to seek Taiwan independence, they will push Taiwan compatriots into the abyss of war."

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