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Originally Posted by bluesdave
I heard one of our liberal politicians complaining last week that the Taiwan issue is the most important world problem at the moment (in his opinion), and he was disgusted that the world's media has been largely ignoring it. Until I heard this I did not realise that the topic had become such a hot issue. I know the subject flares up from time to time, but it seems that things are starting to get serious. Anyone know what has suddenly happened to stir this all up again?
I wonder what Bush will do if a military conflict does flare up between China and Taiwan. I guess the US is already fully committed elsewhere?
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Stirred recently because of a controversial presidential election in Taiwan in March ... Chen shui-bian, one of the stronger voices in Taiwan's bid for independence, won against a joint party of his two opponents in the prior election.
People say the election was won by too small of a margin, that Chen staged his own assassination attempt the day before the election to draw sympathy votes. Demonstrators protested night and day the minute the results were announced, right through the court's ruling that the election was valid. Probably are rallies still going on there and across the Formosa strait in China, too.