[dwd1]

Well stated... What scares me the most is the perception (hopefully based on deception) that they have a lot of "disposable people"...
I also notice how they are quietly gaining more influence over Taiwan...

And with Hong Kong having gone back to them in 1997, one could argue that they are discreetly executing some plan...

And unlike Saddam Hussein, they do have a historical claim to Formosa (Taiwan)...

[Dr. Marten]

"And unlike Saddam Hussein, they do have a historical claim to Formosa (Taiwan)"

Are you saying that China has a historical claim to China? If so, please do enlighten me because I can tell you that any claim over the island of Taiwan by the mainland Chinese was lost in 1895 when the Island was ceded to the Japanese under the treaty of Shimonoseki after the first Sino-Japanese war. Japan maintained control of the island until the end of WWII at which time Taiwan basically was unclaimed by any country until 1949 when Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalists fled to the Island and etablished themselves.

China has no rightful claim over Taiwan.

[Dr. Marten]

"Are you saying that China has a historical claim to China?"

ooops, I meant to say: "Are you saying that China has a historical claim to Taiwan?

[tallhappy]

And unlike Saddam Hussein, they do have a historical claim to Formosa (Taiwan)...

No.

None at all.