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To: RealMuLan who wrote (42588)	12/6/2003 12:29:29 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 74559

Taiwan to vote on China threat Referendum will ask voters to demand missiles be removed ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 6 — Taiwan’s president has decided to hold a referendum on March 20 that asks voters to demand that China remove hundreds of missiles aimed at the island, a presidential spokesman said Saturday. UNTIL NOW, the president has not said what issues would be on the referendum, authorized under a new law that angered China. “The missile issue will be on the referendum. That’s for sure,” the spokesman, James Huang, told The Associated Press. President Chen Shui-bian announced last week that he planned to use a new law that gives him the power to hold a “defensive referendum” when the island’s sovereignty faces an imminent threat. China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949, and Beijing has threatened to use force to make the island unify. To back up its threats, China has deployed hundreds of missiles across from Taiwan, just 100 miles off China’s coast. Chen’s Democratic Progressive Party had said the president would announce the ballot issue at a campaign rally on Sunday night. During the past week, the president hinted several times that the referendum would deal with the missile threat. China-Taiwan Face-off On Saturday, the presidential spokesman said that Chen was adding a new twist to the missile referendum. Huang said the president would consider calling off the March 20 referendum if China redeployed the missiles and renounced the use of threat against Taiwan. But many analysts believe that China fears that if it drops the war threats, Taiwan’s people will be encouraged to seek full-fledged independence. Several polls have reported that a large number of Taiwanese don’t want to unify with China, but they oppose seeking formal independence because they fear it could start a war. msnbc.com Size matters: China is the world's third-largest country by area and the largest by population with 1.2 billion people. That same statement, with different numbers, was true in the 19th century as the European powers carved China like a turkey at Thanksgiving.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (42588)	12/6/2003 2:19:28 PM
From: brian h	Respond to of 74559

""China only reacts to it."" History shown again and again people like you and China government/propaganda lied all the time. Did China fire missiles over Taiwan in 1996? That helped the previous Taiwan president become a real Taiwanese president again at the time. My sister made huge sum of investment gains after the event. (Met Jay's expectations) Then again right before Taiwan's year 2000 election, you dumb China's Premier Zhu threaten again in front of those international news reporters. That helped current Taiwan president Chen won. That made it two. Dumb you fool China. If you think Mr. Chen is a fool. Then why do you (if you can help) and China government send a real missile over Taiwan now and guess who will win this time? Come on. Just play dumb (you and China government). Wait and see and let Taiwanese select theirs own president unless you prefer that fool Chen win again. What was Jay's assumption - the best time for Chen to announce Taiwan's independence is now just got delayed by another 4 years. The threaten words with no actions only will benefit those fools who tried to fool you. Please shut up and play dumb unless China plans to attack now. You can only "hope" those Taiwanese will not select Mr. Chen because he messed up Taiwan's economy and prosperousness. That is the beauty of a democracy you do not enjoy in China. That is like watching a suspense movie. You will not know the ending until it ends. What else can you and China do besides making threaten words now? PS. regarding Taiwanese do not want to defend their country. I do not want to myself because I have choices like those Taiwanese who talked to Jay. We do not want to sacrifice for either side's dumb politicians and warlords. However do not get me wrong. Soldiers are only allowed to follow orders. Taiwanese will defend when ordered. We will see how long they will withstand. BH