Nice article. The indepdence movement has always been something of a charade, no doubt. Ultimately one would think that they will have a similar arragement to what Hong Kong has. Not that there aren't problems in China, but their problems tend to be run of the mill corruption. They have their share of repression of speech and dissident voices, but overall they have a decently functioning society. I suspect ultimately China will open up the political arena through local elections or something like that, and over time they will extend the reforms to include all levels of government. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but it certainly seems to be the direction they are moving.
On 3/21/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's basic problem is that he came to > power about forty years too late. If his Democratic Progressive Party > had won power in 1960, not 2000, he could probably have got away with > his project for an independent Taiwan, at least for a while. But back > then Taiwan was ruled with an iron hand by the Kuomintang (KMT), > refugees from a lost civil war who dreamed of reconquering the > mainland and rejected any thought of a separate Taiwan. Now it's too > late. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201030 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
