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To: michael97123 who wrote (159802)	3/29/2005 5:39:32 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If Tibet and Taiwan were not part of China there would be something to discuss -- but they are part of China, as is Hong Kong, so I watch with some astonishment while a handful of Americans debate the "issue" of whether or not Taiwan is a part of China -- silly, but it goes on to this day. That makes Taiwan an internal issue for China -- in the same way that the Terri Schaivo's choices are an issue of state legal jurisdiction in family law as distinct from federal jurisdiction. But there is no issue about whether or not Florida is part of the US, any more than there is an issue about whether or not Taiwan is part of China. I am sure, given time, China will work through their domestic issues.

To: michael97123 who wrote (159802)	3/31/2005 10:33:06 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Don't forget Turkey(that shining example of Islamic democracy), 1 million Armenians killed back in the early 1900s and now it is against the law to speak or write about that event. There are at least 4 sides to the China-Taiwan issue, the Chinese(some of whom want Taiwan integrated into China in some form or another), the Taiwanese(some of whom want to be independent of China), and the Taiwan-Chinese(who want independence), and the Taiwan-Chinese(who want unification with China). Too complicated. Wonder what a referendum would show?