On May 23, 11:06 pm, bitter anko <kaz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 5$B7n(B23$BF|(B, $B8a8e(B11:50, Sir John Howard
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> > bitter wanko wrote:
> > > On 5$B7n(B13$BF|(B, $B8aA0(B11:36, Sir John Howard
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> > > > bitter wanko wrote:
> > > > > On 5$B7n(B8$BF|(B, $B8a8e(B8:39, Sir John Howard
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> > > > > > Taiwan urged to drop cheque diplomacy
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> > > > >
>http://news.smh.com.au/taiwan-urged-to-drop-cheque-diplomacy/20080508...
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> > > > > > 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
rethink
> > > > > > the island's chequebook diplomacy to win friends.
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > The remaining $US20 million ($A21.25 million) was wired back
to an
> > > > > > account run by the Foreign Ministry, the do***ent said.
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> > > > > > The scandal, which has also led to the resignations of Vice
Premier
> > > > > > Chiou I-jen and Deputy Defence Minister Ko Chen-heng, could
strengthen
> > > > > > President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's pledge to stop using money to
buy
> > > > > > allies.
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> > > > > > "This case has generated a lack of acceptance for chequebook
diplomacy
> > > > > > among Taiwan's public, so we need to discuss it further," said
Taiwan
> > > > > > legislator Chang Hsien-yao.
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> > > > > > China, recognised by 170 countries including the world's most
powerful
> > > > > > nations, has claimed self-ruled Taiwan as its territory since
the end
> > > > > > of the Chinese civil war in 1949 and has pledged to bring the
island
> > > > > > under its rule, by force if necessary.
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > It spends an average of T$15 billion ($A517.37 million) to
T$20
> > > > > > billion per year on ties to those countries, Chang said.
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > Current President Chen Shui-bian, who apologised for the flap
earlier
> > > > > > this week, denies using chequebook diplomacy, but analysts
describe
> > > > > > Taiwan's lavish development aid offers as lures for foreign
countries
> > > > > > to sign with Taipei, not with Beijing.
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> > > > > > "The negative side is that other small countries will come ask
Taiwan
> > > > > > for money, because they know Taiwan has it," said Kweibo
Huang, an
> > > > > > international relations instructor at National Cheng Chi
University in
> > > > > > Taipei.
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> > > > > > China can also buy off Taiwan's allies more easily now that it
has
> > > > > > clues about the pricetag, analysts say.
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > "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.
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> > > > > > Taiwan should tell the hegemonic gooks to go **** themselves!
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> > > > > 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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> > > > - $B0zMQ%F%-%9%H$rI=<((B -
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> > > 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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> > - $B0zMQ%F%-%9%H$rI=<((B -
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> I sup****t the independence of Taiwan because I'm a jap a...
I sup****t one China policy, because I am an American,
I sup****t the unification of Taiwan with China, because I
am also a Chinese, and
I like to see the unification to take place soon, because
I am also a Singa****ean.
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