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To: GST who wrote (48545)2/8/2000 1:46:00 PM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116762
 
China Urges World To Accept It Will Absorb Taiwan

MUNICH, Feb 7, 2000 -- (Reuters) China urged the world on Sunday to accept its goal of absorbing Taiwan along the lines of its unification with Hong Kong and Macau - or else risk consequences "you don't want to see."

Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Germany, a senior Chinese official said it would be wrong for the United States to encourage recalcitrance among leaders in Taiwan by promising military support.

"One China, two systems was a success story," Wang Guangya, Beijing's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, told an international audience of defense ministers, top military brass and defense analysts.

"Sending the wrong messages to the leaders in Taiwan might lead to a result you don't want to see," Wang added, without elaborating.

China has warned that the risk of war with Taiwan(cont)
insidechina.com



To: GST who wrote (48545)2/8/2000 1:54:00 PM
From: Rarebird  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116762
 
< Japan is slipping back into recession--boosting the dollar.

I had thought Japan never got out of their Recession. All those Government spending projects just superficially boosted GDP.