[Alberta's Child]

She could not understand why China (the mainland) shouldn't have the right to control Taiwan, nor could she understand why the West had any business interfering in the matter.

I tend to agree with her. Did she also suggest that the U.S. had no business chasing the Japanese out of Manchuria in the 1930s?

[megatherium]

megatherium: She could not understand why China (the mainland) shouldn't have the right to control Taiwan, nor could she understand why the West had any business interfering in the matter.

Alberta's Child: I tend to agree with her. Did she also suggest that the U.S. had no business chasing the Japanese out of Manchuria in the 1930s?

I'm afraid I didn't ask her that. But it really impressed me, how nationalistic to China she was even though she was Canadian. (She was a graduate student in molecular biology I met while visiting the University of Minnesota.) If her attitude is typical, we've got a real problem considering our treaty obligations to Taiwan.