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So I asked about China last week--and a brain opened. "Taiwan trumps everything," Forbes began. "It's the top priority." Would he defend the island if China attacked? "Of course," he said emphatically. "But unlike Clinton, I'd make damn sure Beijing knew that up front. The so-called...
That doesn't mean "you scream publicly," Forbes said. "You don't cause China to lose face needlessly. You hit them hard in private and send an unmistakable public signal. You send the Navy to the Taiwan Strait. You don't explain why. You just do it. They'll get...
China has "real worries about Taipei breaking away permanently," Forbes notes correctly, "so I'd reiterate that we're against independence. I still want Taiwan in the U.N.," he adds, "but not now. China's succession struggle has everyone trying to out-tough each other. You don't fuel the...
Because he believes that economic liberalization will eventually yield political pluralism, Forbes has long abhorred linking trade issues to an improvement in China's abysmal human-rights record. "But I'd support another U.N. vote deploring things like Beijing's prison labor camps," he says. "You don't forget your...
Forbes would, however, use diplomatic linkage in the latest tension over China's sale of nuclear technology to Pakistan. "Clinton fears harming U.S.-China trade by sanctioning Beijing for that," he says. "I'd explicitly couple Pakistan with Taiwan. If China behaves on Taiwan, I'd let them off the...