Hu warns Taiwan
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050903/wl_asia_afp/wwiihistorychinataiwan_050903184103
Hu Jintao, the president of the PRC, warns Taiwan against breaking away from China, veritably destroying the "One China" idea that both governments expound. This seems to be one speech in a series that Hu is making to solidify his position as the new president of PRC; he's been going around his country with pleas of unity. The linked article seems to state that Hu is asking for diplomatic arrangements rather than an all-out threat against the democratic nation, but PRC's policy concerning ROC (Republic of China [on Taiwan]) has usually been quite tense, to put it mildly. The article further discusses Hu's speech discussing Japan. He is defending China's desire to remember the past over Japan's desire to forget it.
The China problem (PRC v. ROC) is probably going to be the next hot topic on the same scale as WWII and the Cold War. People tend to ignore PRC's status as a superpower, and that is definitely a mistake. People remember USSR being a superpower (which it certainly was) and tend to think that it takes an overt country like USSR to be a superpower. PRC may be subtle, but their military is not something to be ignored. (Sidenote: I find it hilarious that PRC's navy is called the People's Liberation Army Navy.) I expect this to be the next place a war will start, so I'm very interested in watching PRC very closely.
Hu Jintao, the president of the PRC, warns Taiwan against breaking away from China, veritably destroying the "One China" idea that both governments expound. This seems to be one speech in a series that Hu is making to solidify his position as the new president of PRC; he's been going around his country with pleas of unity. The linked article seems to state that Hu is asking for diplomatic arrangements rather than an all-out threat against the democratic nation, but PRC's policy concerning ROC (Republic of China [on Taiwan]) has usually been quite tense, to put it mildly. The article further discusses Hu's speech discussing Japan. He is defending China's desire to remember the past over Japan's desire to forget it.
The China problem (PRC v. ROC) is probably going to be the next hot topic on the same scale as WWII and the Cold War. People tend to ignore PRC's status as a superpower, and that is definitely a mistake. People remember USSR being a superpower (which it certainly was) and tend to think that it takes an overt country like USSR to be a superpower. PRC may be subtle, but their military is not something to be ignored. (Sidenote: I find it hilarious that PRC's navy is called the People's Liberation Army Navy.) I expect this to be the next place a war will start, so I'm very interested in watching PRC very closely.
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