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To: GST who wrote (147650)	10/12/2004 8:32:51 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Beijing has no need whatsoever to do anything in relation to Taiwan's administrative affairs. Wether it has need or not isn't the point (and I'm sure if it could do so easily it would suddenly find the need). The relevant point is simply that Bejing has no authority or power to control Taiwan's "administrative affairs". You argue an absurdity -- you argue that Taiwan is an independent nation state when Taiwan makes no such claim and when no other nation state in the world recognizes it as such. Taiwan does indeed claim independence from the government in Bejing. It claims that it is the rightful government over Bejing, but it does claim that it is the government of an independent state. As for other countries recognizing Taiwan as either the government of the land ruled by the PRC and Taiwan (a rather silly claim, but it is Taiwan's offical position), or as an indendpendt government, that is irelevant. I am talking about facts on the ground not diplomatic statements. Tim