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Internationally, of course, this was old hat. Routinized agricultural taxation in China was well established by the Zhou dynasty (c. 1027-221 B.C.E.); the earliest Roman taxes, the portoria, were customs duties on imports and exports. The Athenians had a monthly poll tax, the metoikion, on foreigners (people whose parents were not both Athenian) of one drachma for men and half a drachma for women, while their contemporary Persians levied a tax called jizya on all non-Muslims living in Muslim-ruled areas. In 11th-century Britain, rising property taxes propelled Lady Godiva to ride the streets nude, inspiring popular...
...Senior government officials were very enthusiastic about the appointment,” the colleague said. “China’s Premier Zhou Rongji joked with Larry that the last time he came to Boston he visited MIT, but that the next time he’d have to come to Harvard...
Your report on China's Deputy Minister for Taiwan Affairs, Zhou Mingwei, discussed his recent mission to the U.S. [FREQUENT FLYER, March 12]. But as you noted, in putting forth a new view of China's relations with Taiwan, Zhou is "selling something the customer doesn't want and doesn't need." Indeed, Beijing has nothing to sell that is of interest to the U.S. or Taiwan. There is one thing on the market, however, that all three partners--the U.S., Taiwan and mainland China--are interested in: peace. But peace cannot be achieved without mutual respect in this...
...will go ahead and sell Taiwan a new arms package, a thing Zhou hoped to dilute by his visit. And Taiwan will continue to cherish its independence. China offers Taiwan reunification with the chance to keep its army and its government and not pay a penny in taxes. But Taipei has those things already. So Zhou and his colleagues face the ultimate salesman's challenge: selling something the customer doesn't want and doesn't need...
...though the message of "negotiate or fight" has been consistent, that is not what the Bush Administration means. It wants consistent softness: on human rights, on trade and on Taiwan. It is the one thing both Taipei and Washington are interested in, but also the one thing salesman Zhou didn't have anywhere in his sample case...