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If I understand you correctly, you are saying that (according to your view) that a group is a "terrorist" only if that group has no affiliation to...
I agree and I think this is what needs to be kept in mind. Right now there is way too much pressure to maintain the status quo until something...
Lil, let me first make clear that I'm not arguing with you because I oppose Taiwan's right or feel Taiwan shouldn't have the right to declare its...
Unless you can come up with a written, internationally recognized treaty whereby Taiwan was granted its independence, I don't see how Taiwan can...
I've pointed this out before but it bears repeating again and again as long as people don't understand the issue adequately. It is my...
There seems to be much misunderstanding and confusion regarding China's "right" to Taiwan so I think understanding the basis of China's (PRC's)...
I agree that not everyone is born with the same opportunities and same circumstances. Some are born more advantaged than others and this does...
If I'm not really too interested I go by a "one-chance" rule. If I'm a little bit more interested, then I'll give her "two opportunities". At the...
This is very true. But the thing to realize is that people do this NOT because they want to avoid hurting your feelings but rather to protect...
I recently tried to meet someone in person that I got introduced to through one of those online dating services. Its not the first time I did so...
In 1963, during the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, President John F Kennedy delivered a commencement speech at American University....
I guess you and other war supporters don't care whether a govt lies and manipulates facts or not as long as the end result appears to be...
I won't answer each question in turn but I will provide the obvious explanation which answers them all. IMO, the answer is that the...
It's already been argued many times that one very strong reason for maintaining a strong military posture aside from invading is to deter Taiwan...
As I said its hard to understand unless you study it and try to understand the whole history behind it. There is nothing remotely comparable in US...
We are really not in disagreement. I personally have not (nor has anyone else here in this thread for that matter that I'm aware of) argued that...
Its true that China's modernization and growing economy can be a potential threat to the US. But there's really not much that can be done about...
According to the CIA fact book, many of the claimants occupy various barren rocks in the Spratly Islands not just China. It is therefore...
I'm afraid you don't understand the viewpoint of why mainland Chinese and the PRC govt want to formally reunify Taiwan. It is certainly NOT due to...
The PRC armed forces are very outdated and obsolete so understandably it will try to modernize itself. Of course this means it has a greater...
