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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A53227-2003Oct6¬Found=true "Chen said he would not bow to U.S. pressure to modify recent moves -- including holding a referendum on rewriting the constitution and adding the name Taiwan to its official Republic of China passports -- which Bush administration officials worry could heighten tensions with Beijing." "The Bush administration has watched with some alarm as the president has launched initiatives that many fear are designed to prompt a sharp reaction from Beijing, which has threatened to attack Taiwan if it declares independence. In the past weeks, Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher and the U.S. envoy to Taiwan, Douglas Paal, have all publicly cautioned Chen. The Taiwanese president will transit through the United States later this month on his way to Panama." ------------------- Sure, Taiwan has the right to walk her own road. However, Taiwan under CSB is not walking her the Taiwan depending on the Taiwanese themselves. Rather, Chen is relying on the risk of a regional conflict and possible widespread andn prolong instability as his capital for independence. Chen declared that he would not bow to U.S. pressure to modify recent moves. Implication: he does not care about the world including U.S. interest. This is called unilateralism. Question: Taiwan independent fundamentalists do not care about the welfare of the world. Why should the world cares about them?
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