Impatient China.(China talks tough on Taiwan)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: February 26, 2000 | Copyright information

Threatening force against Taiwan damages China's interests too

THE good news is that this time China is using words, not warheads, to register its vote in Taiwan's presidential election next month. The bad news is that their effect may be just as unhelpful--to Taiwan, to China's relations with America and ultimately to China itself.

Four years ago, China, which claims Taiwan as its own, lobbed missiles into the sea lanes nearby in the hope of scaring voters in the last presidential election away from independent-minded Lee Teng-hui. Instead they secured for Mr Lee a ...

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