On 6/26/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Srini Ramakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > China treats Taiwan as a yet to be annexed portion of mainland China; > I wouldn't be surprised if in the minds of the Chinese mandarins (!) > Taiwan is treated no differently from Hong Kong. Here too the US could > make things rather queer for the Chinese government by say increasing > the token troop presence in Taiwan and posturing very strongly against > the Chinese intimidation of Taiwan. > Right. You want to read Tom Clancy's "The Bear and the Dragon" and comment further? Should be interesting - a nice combo of fantasy politics that just might gel with that prediction you made above.
So, what makes you so sure this is fantasy? Cheeni
