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Subject: Taiwan Independence Vote
Softwar    3/6/2008 9:37:27 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030503167.html The hope in Beijing is no longer that the vote will be called off, the specialist said, but that the measure will fail to gain enough votes for passage. If it succeeds, he added, Beijing could be faced with a difficult decision about whether to react, particularly if Chen decided to use it as a basis for further independence moves during his final months in office. "We are worried that if the referendum passes, they will use it as a way to push farther down the road to legal independence," the specialist said.
 
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tianjinrob    Taiwan Independence Vote   3/6/2008 10:32:49 AM
Taiwan is already independent... funny things is, everyone has already said it. Rice, although she said the referendum would be dangerous, did say in leaving, that Taiwan is a democratic entity and will ultimately choose for itself. If that isn't clear, I don't know what is. If the thing fails, it will be a sad day. Governing one's self is one thing... convincing others to recognize that self governance is quite another.
 
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YelliChink       3/6/2008 10:43:48 AM
Chen is the out-going president  and he's not able to legally change anything before he steps down. The Legislative Yuan is controlled by KMT with 2/3 majority. If he's gonna do anything stupid, then he'll get impeached in no time. As for the meaningless referendum, they aren't gonna change anything. Commies are aimed at destroying ROC, and formal declaration of independence actually favors their position in mainland China. China is not a traditional western nation-state. It is still an empire that is put together by belief of the mandate. Commies are losing its mandate fast. Nobody believes communism anymore and commies proved themselves to be just as corrupt, actually much worse, then KMT in the later days of its rule on mainland.
 
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