bitter wanko wrote:
> On 5=1B$B7n=1B(B13=1B$BF|=1B(B, =1B$B8aA0=1B(B11:36, Sir John Howard
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> wrote:
> > bitter wanko wrote:
> > > On 5=1B$B7n=1B(B8=1B$BF|=1B(B, =1B$B8a8e=1B(B8:39, Sir John Howard
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rjohnhow...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > Taiwan urged to drop cheque diplomacy
> >
> > >
>http://news.smh.com.au/taiwan-urged-to-drop-cheque-diplomacy/20080508=
....
> >
> > > > A Taiwan middleman suspected in the disappearance of $US30 million
> > > > ($A31.87 million) meant for Papua New Guinea has accused senior
> > > > officials of taking the money, local media said, amid calls to
rethi=
nk
> > > > the island's chequebook diplomacy to win friends.
> >
> > > > Suspect Wu ****-tsai's lawyer released a do***ent saying that an
> > > > adviser to Foreign Minister James Huang - who resigned on Tuesday
-
> > > > had taken $US9.8 million ($A10.41 million), media and officials
said=
..
> >
> > > > The remaining $US20 million ($A21.25 million) was wired back to an
> > > > account run by the Foreign Ministry, the do***ent said.
> >
> > > > The scandal, which has also led to the resignations of Vice
Premier
> > > > Chiou I-jen and Deputy Defence Minister Ko Chen-heng, could
strength=
en
> > > > President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's pledge to stop using money to buy
> > > > allies.
> >
> > > > "This case has generated a lack of acceptance for chequebook
diploma=
cy
> > > > among Taiwan's public, so we need to discuss it further," said
Taiwa=
n
> > > > legislator Chang Hsien-yao.
> >
> > > > China, recognised by 170 countries including the world's most
powerf=
ul
> > > > nations, has claimed self-ruled Taiwan as its territory since the
en=
d
> > > > of the Chinese civil war in 1949 and has pledged to bring the
island=
> > > > under its rule, by force if necessary.
> >
> > > > Taiwan resists China by keeping its own stable of diplomatic
allies,=
> > > > which now number 23 mostly small, impoverished nations in Africa,
> > > > Latin America and the South Pacific.
> >
> > > > It spends an average of T$15 billion ($A517.37 million) to T$20
> > > > billion per year on ties to those countries, Chang said.
> >
> > > > Taipei prosecutors are probing Wu as well as the former vice
premier=
> > > > for the missing funds. The ex-foreign minister and ex-vice premier
> > > > have apologised but claimed innocence.
> >
> > > > Wu and another go-between were hired in 2006 to pass the money to
> > > > Papua New Guinea, now a China ally, as development aid, the
foreign
> > > > ministry says. New Guinea was a Taiwan ally for 14 days in July
1999=
,
> > > > until a new leader****p in the impoverished South Pacific nation
> > > > scrapped the deal.
> >
> > > > Current President Chen Shui-bian, who apologised for the flap
earlie=
r
> > > > this week, denies using chequebook diplomacy, but analysts
describe
> > > > Taiwan's lavish development aid offers as lures for foreign
countrie=
s
> > > > to sign with Taipei, not with Beijing.
> >
> > > > "The negative side is that other small countries will come ask
Taiwa=
n
> > > > for money, because they know Taiwan has it," said Kweibo Huang, an
> > > > international relations instructor at National Cheng Chi
University =
in
> > > > Taipei.
> >
> > > > China can also buy off Taiwan's allies more easily now that it has
> > > > clues about the pricetag, analysts say.
> >
> > > > If Ma fulfills pledges to build better ties with China, Beijing
> > > > officials will back down on their own chequebook diplomacy to
fight
> > > > Taiwan, said Li Peng, assistant director of the Xiamen University
> > > > Taiwan Research Institute in China.
> >
> > > > "Beijing wants cross-Strait relations to enter a new era and if
> > > > successful, they don't need to do anything to harm Taiwan," Li
said.=
> >
> > > > ------------------------
> >
> > > > Taiwan should tell the hegemonic gooks to go **** themselves!
> >
> > > Boy! What a contradiction you are speaking. Don't forget that it's
all=
> > > you Whites who handed Taiwan to China after the WWll. The Whites
like
> > > you butchered the japs to hand Taiwan into China.
> >
> > Knonichi-wa, baka-chon. So you're trying to tell me that Taiwan
> > belonged to Japan because they invaded during WWII or because you are
> > a stupid Korean who doesn't know his kimchi from a turd?-
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> >
> > - =1B$B0zMQ%F%-%9%H$rI=3D<(=1B(B -
>
> The real intention of the Whites in the USA and other Anglo-Saxon
> world is simply to destroy Asia. Those Whites claim as "Taiwan is a
> part of China" when the japs rule Taiwan, and when Chinese rule it,
> they start to claim "Taiwan should be independent". Those Whites are
> merely seeking to create a conflict in E. Asia and trying to let the
> Asians kill each other for the White supremacy. Damn!
Japan did a good job of destroying Asia over 60 years ago, baka-chon.
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