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To: RealMuLan who wrote (47573)	3/20/2004 2:13:02 PM
From: BubbaFred	Respond to of 74559

Some history of Fujian province, "Koxinga,who led heavy resistance against the invading Manchu armies in the seventeenth century, and who fought and defeated the Dutch armies in Taiwan", and "a place of regret, for even today the only way for many mainlanders with relatives in Taiwan to get close to the island is to look through big binoculars". What an amazing hoax and such a joke - minor wounds in non-critical spot. But it worked! Very suspect security guards is also a joke. The election is supposed to be very close anyway, and the incident probably wouldn't make any difference on the outcome. Maybe instead of winning by 30,000 votes, he may win by 3,000. It's just an acting play to clinch the election for the incumbents. It points out that Taiwan's government and particularly the KMT faction appears to be gasping on their last dying breaths by resorting to this type of drama. Unfortunately and onimously this clan will be very corrupt during the next four years before the clan moves overseas to US. Yep, heard it first here. At least GWBush cannot imitate and try to do the same in November. "Facing Taiwan across the strait, it is also considered a place of regret, for even today the only way for many mainlanders with relatives in Taiwan to get close to the island is to look through big binoculars. The geographical location also makes it an ideal deep-sea port which witnesses no freezing season and so, since early times, numerous people have resorted to the sea route to emigrate to a promised land. Today, there are over 350,000 Overseas Chinese with ancestors from Xiamen." "Xiamen, known in the West as Amoy, has long been an important trading port both for the Chinese and the Colonialists that were to make use of it. It is the island of Gulangyu, however, that nowadays most attracts Westerners to this area of Fujian, with its hundreds of interesting and quietly crumbling colonial villas. For the Chinese, one of the main reasons for visiting this isle is to pay homage to the great general and pirate Koxinga, who led heavy resistance against the invading Manchu armies in the seventeenth century, and who fought and defeated the Dutch armies in Taiwan. Tributes to Koxinga are scattered all about the island, including the majestic granite statue of him, staring out towards Taiwan." muztagh.com multimap.com Once again, how cluelessly ignant most Americans are. So pathetic. They can't even appreciate nor admire the biggest dog-eat-dog free enterprise system the world has ever seen.