Re: Did the TIers care about the world?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (LT Lee) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A53227-2003Oct6&notFound=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."
> 
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> 
> 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.

Yes, China is helping his support base.  From Jiang Zemin to Zhu
Rongji to Hu Jingtao. Somethings never change. :)

> 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.

Implication of LT Lee's word -- LT Lee believes the U.S. is the world.

> Question: Taiwan independent fundamentalists do not care about the
> welfare of the world. Why should the world cares about them?

Maybe the world should just ignore them as if they don't exist?  The
world only need to put Taiwan into account and next time when making
donations to Taiwan bypass Beijing.