"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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From ABC NEws:

China passes Taiwan anti-secession law

China's parliament has unanimously passed a law giving the Chinese
military the legal basis to attack Taiwan if it moves towards
independence.

The National People's Congress passed the legislation by an overwhelming
majority of 2,896 votes for and none against. Two delegates abstained.

The text of the draft, according to the Xinhua news agency, calls for the
use of "non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's
sovereignty and territorial integrity", if all else fails.

This will be necessary "in the event that the 'Taiwan independence'
secessionist forces should act under any name or by any means to cause the
fact of Taiwan's secession from China", the draft law said.

It does not specify what is meant by "non-peaceful means" but analysts
believe it would cover anything from blockade to surgical missile strikes
and all-out invasion.

The law takes effect immediately.

On his appointment as China's top military chief, President Hu Jintao told
the army to prepare for war to safeguard the country's territorial
integrity, in an apparent reference to Taiwan.


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You won't see or hear much from the Bush neoconvicts on this; if you've
got the ability to fight back, the good ol' USA will give you a pass.

That'd be a little too much on our plate right now. Let the Middle East
situation continue to come into shape. Once there are stable pro-US
governments in the oil-producing countries, the World will have a have a
more potent economic weapon to use against the Chinese.