On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:08 -0700 (PDT), demorising@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>On May 21, 2:35 pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> >On May 21, 9:02 am, 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'
>>
>> >>
>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-eiL6SQss9s-x12ll6dxpWUNFwD90M4GQ81
>>
>> >> >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. You know
the
>> >> 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? Just a couple of months ago CSB was claiming Taiwan
>> Independence was the In Thing.
>
>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."
>
Read the post. The subject in on Taiwanese leaders and Tawianese
people.
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>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974464.html
>
>"When I go to a dictator****p, I only have to talk to one person and
>that's the dictator, because he speaks for all the people."
> -- Jimmy Carter, 13 April 2008
>
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