On May 21, 2:35=A0pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >On May 21, 9:02=A0am, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 21 May 2008 08:22:03 -0700 (PDT), demoris...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >> >Taiwan leader: China unification unlikely 'in our lifetimes'
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> >>
>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-eiL6SQss9s-x12ll6dxpWUNFwD90M4GQ=
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> >> >Taiwan's new leader Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that unification with
> >> >longtime rival China is unlikely "in our lifetimes" because the
> >> >Taiwanese oppose the mainland's authoritarian rule.
>
> >> >...
>
> >> Sounds like Ma doesn't expect to live into ripe old age. =A0You know
th=
e
> >> reason why?
>
> >I think the point is that the 2 sides, despite the improved relations,
> >are still very far apart on the issue of unification. The people of
> >Taiwan simply have no interest in it at this point.
>
> You know of any re****ts that the Taiwanese people said anything on the
> subject? =A0Just a couple of months ago CSB was claiming Taiwan
> Independence was the In Thing. =A0
Why the sudden interest in "the people?" According to your favorite
philosophy of Beijing Consensus, the opinion of "the people" is to be
characterized by the leader, who is properly vetted by "the system"
and not by "the people."
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