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To: Bilow who wrote (121011)	12/5/2003 4:34:25 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

There is no reason for war, so long as Taiwan does not declare independence or anything like independence. Perhaps you were unaware of the issue being discussed here. China has no need to invade Taiwan, but if Taiwan makes a move there is nothing on the face of this earth that will stop China for taking action. The role of the US is, if anything, to discourage Taiwan from doing anything stupid.

To: Bilow who wrote (121011)	12/5/2003 4:58:05 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Foreign Affairs has two articles on China for its December issue: <China's New Diplomacy Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel. Foreign Affairs. New York: November/December 2003. Vol. 82, Iss. 6; pg. 22> and China Takes Off David Hale and Lyric Hughes Hale. Foreign Affairs. New York: November/December 2003. Vol. 82, Iss. 6; pg. 36 > The following is a quote from the Hale article: "In the past four years, for example, the Shanghai area alone received 500,000 new Taiwanese immigrants out of the 22 million of the total Taiwanese population." Taiwan and China are economically integrated already.