From: Phil Osborn (philosborn2001@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 19:25:43 MDT
See my previous post:
http://www.extropy.org/exi-lists/extropians/0305/8069.html
I note that today the news comes out that a coverup
was also going on in Taiwan, which may be directly
responsible for the breakout of SARS therer, esulting
in the dismissal of a high-ranking medical
authority... Same culture, same behavior.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sars/story/0,4395,188695,00.html
As an aside, a lot of people think of Taiwan as being
the champions of freedom and capitalist, Western
values, a lonely, brave outpost facing up to the
mainland monster. Many Taiwanese may even hold a
similar view. However, from the "36 Strategies" and
the "Art of War," we learn that rarely are things as
they seem in the political/economic/military complex
of Chinese culture - mainland or Formosan.
If you want to get concessions from the U.S., just
threaten Taiwan or arrest a bunch of harmless Falun
Gong. The mainland Chinese see Taiwan clearly as a
piece on a chess board that is off by itself
unprotected. The U.S. has gallantly stepped in to
protect it? Wonderful! So much more difficult if one
had to threaten the U.S. directly.
Hey, U.S. dummies! Next time why not just put a few
million innocent people out in the ocean off our coast
and then offer to "protect" them. How much we have to
pay you, U.S. dummies?
In trouble over intellectual property theft? Hey,
look at us about to invade Taiwan! (Yeah, right...
And destroy their biggest trading point with the U.S.?
If China invaded Taiwan, they couldn't use it any
more to twist the U.S. arm.)
As far as being champions of freedom, the history of
Taiwan does not exactly lend itself to that
interpretation. Chang Kai Shek was a warlord who is
alleged by many non-Chinese analysts to have been
responsible for perhaps hundreds of thousands of
unnecessary civilian deaths. His army was notorious
for its brutality and corruption while they fought on
the mainland. In fact, they effectively GAVE China to
the commies by turning the whole countryside against
them.
When they went to Taiwan and just moved in and started
seizing everything in sight, normal behavior for them,
the unarmed Taiwanese protested publically, to which
Chang's army responded by killing 20,000 of the
unarmed protestors, as a lesson.
Now, of course, they are good guys...
And if you believe that...
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