"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.
Even more fun is the indira gandhi clone indian PM there that ties up with the chinese, tries to annex sri lanka etc ..
