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To: long-gone who wrote (49389)	2/20/2000 11:59:00 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Wars kill Richard, they are useless ego trips in terms of frustration cyber wars would be more like chess out wit opponent. "So, "cyber-death" is the worst thing our current world can imagine?" Man made not the will of nature that man can't outwit.

To: long-gone who wrote (49389)	2/21/2000 5:41:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116764

China 'ready to fight US over Taiwan' BERLIN -- China is ready to engage in war and even nuclear conflict with the United States should fighting break out over Taiwan, Der Spiegel magazine reports on the basis of a supposedly-secret Chinese file. "Document No. 65", allegedly produced by the military sub-committee of the Chinese Community Party's central committee, discussed the possible course of a war over the disputed island claimed by China. "We would have to make a military intervention as early as possible, before the American troops are fully operational," according to the document cited by the German magazine. Faced with US bombardment of key sites and military installations, the document stressed that China has roughly the same level of conventional forces and would benefit from a fight close to its own territory. While arguing that the US would have little interest in starting a nuclear war over the island, the file said that Beijing would be ready to turn to its nuclear arsenal should circumstances demand. "We are ready to defend every square centimetre of our country," said the document. Dated August last year, the analysis would appear to have been drafted during a low point in relations between Beijing and Taipei caused by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's insistence that his country should enjoy "state-to-state" ties with China. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province and has repeatedly warned that it would use force if necessary to ensure its return to the mainland. -- AFP straitstimes.asia1.com.sg