`We will not sit idly by,' president says - TW

[dArKeR]

Beijing should be careful not to misjudge the situation, Chen-Shui-bian said yesterday, and Taiwan may be forced to take action
By Huang Tai-lin
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Mar 13, 2005,Page 1

President Chen Shui-bian (???) yesterday urged Beijing not to misjudge the cross-strait situation, saying that if it insists on enacting the proposed "anti-secession" law, the people of Taiwan would not stay silent and sit idly by.

Chen's remarks come as Beijing's readies to pass the law which is expected to pass on Monday during the final day of the National People's Congress -- China's rubber-stamp parliament.

"If the Beijing authorities really place their hope in the people of Taiwan -- as they like to claim -- then they should not misjudge the situation. Rather, they should try to rationally respect the Taiwanese people's free will," Chen said. " should make constructive contributions in ameliorating cross-strait relations rather than attempting to unilaterally legislate laws that aim to `legitimize' a military attack on Taiwan."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/03/13/2003246030

[Kagemusha]

1. What's this mean, Taiwan will be forced to attack first?

Seriously? Is that what this guy's saying?

[bemildred]

2. It appears to me he is suggesting that digesting Taiwan will not be easy.

Guerilla resistance or civil disobedience and the like.

[Kagemusha]

3. Self-deleted with apology.

[bemildred]

5. Take it up with him.

Remind me not to try to answer your question next time.

[bemildred]

7. Accepted. nt

[NNN0LHI]

4. I have read that China has plans to use a neutron bomb if necessary

Won't be any Guerrilla resistance or civil disobedience or such. I read it yesterday somewhere. I will see if I can locate it.

Don

Here it is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/taiwan/Story/0,2763,201914,00.html

[bemildred]

6. That is interesting.

But not particularly convincing.
Nukes are very indiscriminate, and unless Taiwan attacks China
first it's hard to see China escalating to that level. Of
course you never know ...

[shadowknows69]

8. Ok, we need freaking superman

just to fly around the world and slap all these leaders into some sense.

[cliss]

9. Watch the rhetoric coming from Beijing

the next few weeks. If you pay attention to articles coming from China, the attitude seems to be disciplined, terse, straightforward. If they say something, we should interpret that to mean exactly what they mean.

I've been reading the dialogue coming from China, and the one thing that differentiates them from say, Washington, is a lack of the "Bullshit Factor".

Bush LOVES to get up there and grandstand, to proselytize, to throw his preachy, ignorant rhetoric out there, almost purposely inflaming every single human being on the planet. Not even Easter Island is exempt from his capacity to infuriate.

China, on the other hand, is straightforward, very clear in its meaning. What they lack in style they make up for in substance. It never fails to surprise me how they hammer away at the US.

I doubt it even registers in Washington. They're not known for subtlety.

[teryang]

10. Right, if they take a position, they will defend it

None of that television cowboy shit.