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...perhaps not. Taiwan's tensions with China are once again reaching boiling point, raising the distant but real possibility that Wong's stint in the army might be anything but dull. Last week, a People's Liberation Army general, Peng Guangqian, warned that China is willing to wage war with Taiwan to prevent it from declaring independence?whatever the cost. Writing in a Beijing journal controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, Peng said China would brave a boycott of the Olympic Games, a drop in foreign investment, an economic downturn, even regional instability in order "to uphold national unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It to the Brink | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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