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To: Dayuhan who wrote (75351)	2/29/2000 11:36:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Seems to me that China is fractured at the moment- power is in flux- I'm not clear on the following- and I would guess the Chinese aren't either- just how much their economic capitalist great leap forward has destabilized their political communism. Seems to ME that some of this tough talk is an attempt to crush some of that Western lovefest within China as well as to send a very pointed message to Taiwan. Of course I'm sure they hope the US will get scared and back off but if they really believe that will happen they are more naive then I think they are. It's a good story and you can't blame a paper for wanting to play it up a bit. God knows we get very little foreign news as it is. It's like the world is 98% US- which, last time I checked, it isn't.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (75351)	3/1/2000 12:11:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It's always difficult, if not impossible, to know when news stories are genuine, and when they are disinformation. Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-at-Large of the Washington Times, whatever that means, is the author of several well-written action thrillers on the topic, including "The Spike." Of course, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others, have similar predilictions. I've been trying to follow this particular story all day by monitoring the Straits Times, the South China Morning Post, BBC, AP, UPI,CNN, and Reuters, and have concluded that publications other than the Washington Times are reluctant to pick this story up. Why? Was it a plant? I am guessing that Straits Times and South China Morning Post are afraid of rocking the boat, and the news services may have an agenda, like hoping that China gets admitted to the WTO, or gets permanent trading status, but how could one know? In the meantime, the last time I checked, the story hadn't received very wide dissemination, despite being broken 2/28/00, as the Washington Times has an early "bedtime."