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To: TimF who wrote (145349)	9/10/2004 1:51:53 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I can assure you with 100% certainty about the reality on the ground in China. If Taiwan tries to break away from the rest of China then Beijing will send in the miltiary -- nothing theoretical about this at all. No body count would deter them -- this is not something where they would calculate the costs or the losses. If it means millions die so be it. If it means tens of millions will die, so be it. Anybody who fails to understand this is completely unaware of how this is viewed, not only "officially", but by the citizens of the mainland Chinese provinces. Your assertion that Taiwan is NOT part of China is a direct odds with the reality on the ground there. Economically, Taiwan and Shanghai are deeply embedded in each others economy. Shanghai and Taipei are like twin cities. 500,000 Taiwanese live in Shanghai alone. Get in touch with reality -- there is one China, and nothing on earth could pull them apart.