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To: chalu2 who wrote (695)	9/6/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

I sincerely doubt that China wants Taiwan to rejoin them in an effort to become a free and open society. China wants to take over Taiwan as a means to show the world that they are strong and not in any danger of becoming a free and open society. You said "Maybe until China settles on a good judicial system, an international court of arbitration can hear disputes." On the first half, that implies a non-communist regime. I agree they should become non-communist, and the best way to help them now is to keep them from getting Taiwan, and encouraging those in China who favor economic reform by giving them WTO status, in which trade disputes can be arbitrated. Our policy towards China should be designed to make the hard-liners lose face. If they say that they will bomb LA if we defend Taiwan, then we should make them eat their words. They will be humiliated. If we run like little cowards, they will gain in stature. If they become successful in their economic reforms, the hard-liners who say that the reformers are wrong will lose face. If they are denied a chance to enact their economic reforms, the hard-liners will gain in stature. Is this too complicated for you to understand?