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...less than half the French average, yet food costs 30% more. You are seven times more likely to die of an alcohol-related accident or ailment and, if you're a woman, twice as likely to be raped. "If you had the same social indicators in some parts of mainland France, the bomb would already have gone off," says Thierry de la Grange, director of the Réunion Development Monitor, a consultancy based in the administrative capital of Saint Denis...
...last time Réunion exploded was in 1997, when French civil servants - who are paid 53% more than they would be for doing the same jobs on the mainland - protested plans to end their privileged status. That insensitivity has contributed to sporadic outbreaks of violence among this Creole community. "The younger generation doesn't really have any hope," says Jean-Michel Grosset, a high-school principal and resident of the town of L'Entre-Deux (pop. 5,000). "They live off benefit payments and anesthetize themselves with alcohol and marijuana. It's a breeding ground for despair...
...invade Taiwan, but our expectations are unlikely to give the Taiwanese nearly so much comfort as Aegis radar the next time China conducts missile exercises off the Taiwan coast. The submarines are similarly a defensive weapon against invasion—Taiwan is not in a position to attack the mainland. It would be irresponsible to leave Taiwan defenseless when it faces such a powerful and aggressive threat...
...committed to meeting Taiwan's basic defense needs, but it should avoid disrupting the military balance between the island and the mainland. As I understand it from military experts in the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aegis system is not necessarily what Taiwan needs or is even capable of using right now in terms of training and logistics. The debate on arms sales to Taiwan should be conducted in an unemotional and pragmatic way, but that may be more difficult after this incident...
...basis of the U.S.-China relationship over the past 28 years has been the "One China" policy that recognizes the mainland and the island as part of a single entity. Is that policy under threat...