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To: epicure who wrote (75371)	3/1/2000 1:22:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

No, that's not the source that Gersh's source cited yesterday, which was Liberation Army Daily, "the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army." Here is the link for the PLA daily, but it's in Chinese (I assume Mandarin, but I don't know): pladaily.com.cn

To: epicure who wrote (75371)	3/1/2000 1:27:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

Posted this on the Clown thread, but didn't want you to miss it, the caption says "We will surely liberate Taiwan!" geocities.com:80/CapitolHill/Lobby/7663/ke_tlibs.jpg

To: epicure who wrote (75371)	3/1/2000 1:40:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

OK, I've confirmed the Washington Times story in another source, although I don't know anything about the source, muzi.com, which claims to be "independent." >>[Muzi News (http://dailynews.muzi.com): 2000-02-28] BEIJING -- China warned the United States on Monday that it would pay a high price for any military intervention over Taiwan, saying it had the weapons to launch a long-range counter-attack, AFP reported. The warning in the army newspaper PLA Daily coincided with a visit by Admiral Dennis Blair, commander of US Pacific forces, who was due to hold talks with Chinese military officials on issues including Taiwan Monday. It also came as press reports in Hong Kong said Chinese President Jiang Zemin had issued an alert for People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces including those on the coast along the Taiwan Strait. Professor Zhu Chenghu, deputy director of the army university's institute of strategic studies, said in the PLA Daily article the United States would do well to steer clear of conflict over Taiwan. "If they get involved, the American policy makers will have to consider the great pressure they will shoulder and the high costs they will pay," he said. "China is not Iraq, nor Yugoslavia ... she is a country with certain strategic attack capabilities and far distance attacking capabilities. So it would not be wise to fight against a country like China." Zhu's comments across a whole page of the military's official newspaper was flanked by menacing pictures of Chinese military excercises last year simulating an invasion of Taiwan. He also warned the United States that any intervention over Taiwan would severely damage its relations with other Asian countries. "It will seriously damage its economic interests. And if the United States got involved in the conflict, the war could not be ended according to the timetable set by the US. "US security interests in East Asia will be seriously damaged, and American forces may be forced to withdraw, like they did from Vietnam," said Zhu. Tension over Taiwan has been steadily growing since China last week issued a new policy paper warning the island it would face an invasion if it continued to reject reunfication through dialogue. Taiwan responded to the threats with defiance, while the United States in turn warned Beijing against pursuing the military option. The war of words comes ahead of the March 18 presidential elections in Taiwan, and analysts have viewed the bellicose rhetoric emanating from Beijing as a thinly-veiled attempt to intimidate voters and candidates. Ahead of the 1996 elections in Taiwan, which has been ruled separately from the mainland since 1949, Beijing carried out large-scale military exercises off Taiwanese waters.The United States responded by sending two naval battle carrier groups to the area.<<

To: epicure who wrote (75371)	3/1/2000 7:22:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

Yesterday when I picked Joey up from school I spoke with a couple of Taiwanese fellows - there is a major Taiwanese business presence here - and they had some interesting comments. Both were completely convinced that China has no intention of actually invading. They said it was "just words", "political talk", and that this happens all the time, this exchange of Taiwanese declaration and Chinese threat. Both believe that over the last decade, despite all the political bristling, there has actually been a major relaxation of tension. One made the interesting comment that all we have to do is maintain the status quo until "the olds" in the Chinese administration die off, then the whole issue can be dealt with reasonably. Neither made any comment that suggested that they though US military support was desirable; the prevailing attitude seemed to be that anything that would trigger more emotion would be undesirable. Both are engineers for Acer, pretty well educated and pretty well aware of what's going on.