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...first open celebration of Taiwan's separate history. Far from demonizing the Dutch, Taiwan's students now learn that they helped build schools and developed the island as a trading hub. Over in Beijing, at a special exhibition on Taiwan at the Revolutionary History Museum, the scenario goes more like this: the Dutch colonize, Zheng liberates and communism eventually triumphs. Says Xiao Yan, a 19-year-old visitor: "Taiwan will unite sooner or later, peacefully or through force...
...China and Cuba and other targets of U.S.-led criticism in the committee were always going to vote and lobby against Washington; the shock came in the fact that the European and other Western nations that traditionally ensured U.S. reelection turned their backs on Washington. That such a scenario would unfold on this particular vote at this particular time was entirely unpredictable, a Russian diplomat told TIME, "This was incredible... How could the U.S. allow itself to be voted off the commission? How could the State Department not realize what was happening?" But that the U.S. would at some point...
...While in the humanities, such a scenario would likely be disastrous, Gortler says he thinks it is a formula which works in the sciences...
...When people talk about $2 billion a month in lost revenue for L.A. and 82,000 lost jobs, they?re talking about a doomsday scenario...
...shores and then launch a nuclear tipped cruise missile flying below the radar, using a GPS (global positioning system) for guidance - and the missile defense scheme would not cover that threat. Why would anyone go to all the trouble and expense of building an ICBM when such a scenario would be cheaper, more accurate, and less traceable...