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...that Taiwanese and Chinese have shared a common heritage for the past 5,000 years. However, this does not mean that Taiwan wants to be part of the communist regime that currently rules the People's Republic of China. The world will watch closely as tension along the Taiwan Strait continues to build. JUNG T. TSAI Elizabeth, New Jersey...
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 the message." Forbes was heartened when Clinton had the aircraft carrier Nimitz steam between China and Taiwan last December, but "dumbfounded" when "some stupid functionary said it was there only because of bad weather in the Pacific." But what if China lobbed missiles at Taiwan instead of invading...
...rising manufacturing costs on the island have found a perfect alternative, a place that offers a common language and cheap labor. China has encouraged investors from Taiwan by giving them generous tax breaks. Some 30,000 Taiwanese firms have committed $28.85 billion to various types of projects. Cross-strait trade, which was first allowed in 1990 and must be channeled through third-party locations like Hong Kong, is expected to total $20 billion for 1995. In the past year Taiwan's exports to China increased 25%, while the volume of goods flowing from China to Taiwan shot up 85%. Says...
There seems to exist every reason to foresee a crisis in a tacit, longtime, mutual appeasement. Forty five years ago, because of the military intervention of the United States, Mao Zedong, reluctantly gave up his ruthless ambition of sparing none. Across the strait, Chiang Kai-shek thought the same. After spending some time interpreting Mao's "mercy," Chiang also subdued his obsession of recapturing the mainland, and his dream of visiting his hometown one more time gradually faded away. With the United States in between, relative peace was achieved out of a forced balance of explosive tension...
...other hand, should also put the emphasis on domestic growth, bearing in mind that antagonism does little good. After all, if in the future China replaces the U.S. as the world's superpower, it might be the Taiwanese government that would eagerly talk about a reunification across the strait. By that time, hopefully, the Taiwanese won't have to wear Mao suits...