So much for "democracy". Kiss Taiwan goodbye. "Secretary of State emphasizes â€˜one Chinaâ€™ policy "

Bowser — 10/26/2004 7:59:24 PM (archived)

Taiwan calls Powell speech â€˜big surpriseâ€™ The Associated Press
Updated: 12:37 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2004TAIPEI, Taiwan -

"Secretary of State Colin Powell has angered Taiwanese officials and lawmakers by making unusually strong comments denying that the island is an independent nation and suggesting Taiwan should unify with China."

Now, isn't China a bad communist country, with lotsa WMDs, and isn't Taiwan a democracy?

He must mean for Taiwan to take over the mainland. Gotta be it. Bush wouldn't sell out a democracy, would he? I mean, give back a country which is seeking political asylum, so to speak, to it's communist parents?

Y'know, this administrations as a huge disconnect between it's words and it's actions.

Arf

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So much for "democracy". Kiss Taiwan goodbye. "Secretary of State emphasizes â€˜one Chinaâ€™ policy " - Bowser - 10/26/2004 7:59:24 PM
- Taiwan a democracy - FrankC - 10/26/2004 9:16:14 PM
  - You got anything to back that up? - Bowser - 10/27/2004 12:28:45 AM
    - Always - FrankC - 10/27/2004 1:21:24 AM
      - CIA Factbook: Taiwan - Government type: multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature (n/t) - Bowser - 10/27/2004 3:42:17 AM
        
        Ten Questions and Answers About Taiwan Today - FrankC - 10/27/2004 5:04:52 AM
        
        re: Ten Questions and Answers About Taiwan Today - LJ - 10/27/2004 8:01:23 PM
      - BTW - FrankC - 10/27/2004 1:48:25 AM
- re: So much for "democracy". Kiss Taiwan goodbye. "Secretary of State emphasizes â€˜one Chinaâ€™ policy " - LJ - 10/26/2004 8:09:38 PM
  - Get off the high horses. You think a Democratic president would call for Taiwan independence? - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2004 4:22:16 AM
    - re: Get off the high horses. You think a Democratic president would call for Taiwan independence? - LJ - 10/27/2004 8:06:16 PM
    - Google - Eisenhower "seventh fleet" Quemoy Matsu Formosa (n/t) - Bowser - 10/27/2004 6:02:13 AM

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