tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5462668188824564823..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Taiwan Impacting US-China Military RelationshipMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-73909837227677535992007-05-03T22:32:00.000+08:002007-05-03T22:32:00.000+08:00Well, you must have seen today's news. It looks li...Well, you must have seen today's news. It looks like it will be Ma Ying-Jeou or the other guy (likely Frank Hsieh). Or is Lee Teng-Hui running for President for his party. Now he wouldn't be so bad. He kind of started the political and social liberalization here...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907060405795620941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15405605132786578382007-05-03T18:27:00.000+08:002007-05-03T18:27:00.000+08:00which us presidential candidate besides tancredo s...which us presidential candidate besides tancredo sees china realistically? who do you think china is hoping will will the us presidential election? do you think they are/will start pumping money into it in an effort to influence it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-32399299623256926942007-05-02T23:11:00.000+08:002007-05-02T23:11:00.000+08:00Impact as a transitive verb? Oh, Michael - I thou...Impact as a transitive verb? Oh, Michael - I thought you of all people would have resisted the increasingly common misuse of this word. <BR/><BR/>Sorry, this is completely off-topic - just a pet peeve of mine.maomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032492741317904503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-52736113599713659142007-05-02T17:53:00.000+08:002007-05-02T17:53:00.000+08:00With the direction the US economy is heading, espe...With the direction the US economy is heading, especially with it's staggering credit/debt and asset inflation problems, the whole military takeover scenario is starting to lose its relevance. It seems more likely that a port blockade to cripple Taiwan's energy supplies will be enough to bring Taiwan down. (and/or Quisling KMT/PFP leadership).<BR/><BR/>America may soon have much bigger problems to deal with besides Taiwan. (financial meltdown). In addition, if the USA does go into Iran, I think that's a very bad omen for Taiwan. <BR/><BR/>A interesting semi-related read: <BR/><A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/2yjfof " REL="nofollow">Post Mortem for the Stock Market</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com