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Washington's promises that it will not tamper with Taiwan's future by signing a new U.S.-China communique have not reassured Taipei. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has already responded to Chinese demands with a policy statement nicknamed "the three nos": that is, the U.S. will not support a two-China policy, nor Taiwan's independence, nor Taiwan's membership in the U.N. These are the points that China wants Clinton to write down and sign...
...Jiang agreement has officials in Taipei frazzled. China hopes to use better relations with the U.S. as bait, to entice Washington into a joint effort to put pressure on Taiwan. Taiwan is worried that some arm-twisting could be coming. "We believe the U.S. should not discuss the three nos with Beijing," says Chen Chien-jen, director-general of the Government Information Office in Taipei. Adds Vice Foreign Minister David Lee: "We don't want this written down because we don't want Beijing to interpret what independence means...
However, Harvard dropped matches at Nos. 2 and6 to let the Hokies back in. The win marked thethird time all season the Crimson had lost thedoubles point and come back to win a match...
...that court, there was stunned silence, yet everywhere else at the Hokie's Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center there was a sense of normalcy. The top dog Tribe ripped apart Richmond while the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds--Kentucky and Virginia Commonwealth--cruised into the semifinals. Harvard was the only team missing...
...Singles Nos. 1 and 2 were suspended in progress because Harvard won before the conclusion of the matches...