Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the two giant panda gifts from China, are displayed in their new enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo in Muzha January 24, 2009. Around 500 orphans and children from poor families were granted a preview of the China-donated panda pair after an inauguration ceremony. The pandas are scheduled to meet the Taiwan public on January 26, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. REUTERS/Guo Ru-hsiao/Pool (TAIWAN)From Yahoo News/AP:
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's top intelligence adviser says the United States must make sure that China and rival Taiwan both know that military action would be a mistake.
National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair signaled to lawmakers Thursday that the United States will continue its arms sales to Taiwan in order to balance Taiwan against its massive neighbor. Taiwan relies on U.S. weapons and technology to counter the hundreds of missiles China aims at the self-governing island it claims as its own territory.
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My Comment: I lived in Fujian Province in 1988. Across the coast was Taiwan, and while China and Taiwan relations were sour, peoples from Taiwan were always visiting the province, and the people in China were happy with this exchange. And this all happened 20 years ago.
Today .... Taiwan is just a distraction to China. China's concern is the economy, reliance on foreign energy resources, and their conflict with separatist forces in the east. Taiwan is just a minor issue .... as to an armed conflict .... that will never happen.