[Bringbackthedraft]

Is David taking on Goliath?

[I still care]

Oh, boy.

[goldstategop]

The resolution doesn't change current practice.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[MinuteGal]

Not bad timing. With China hosting the Olympics, it doesn't want to be concurrently in the middle of an invasion of or bombing Taiwan into oblivion.

There will be a war of words, however, plus threats, wild gesticulations and ominous naval movements from the ChiComs.

However, what can they do? My bets are on the wily Taiwanese who are pushing the pressure points slowly, gently, but incrementally.

Leni

[60Gunner]

I tremble inside at the thought of this. I have many friends in Taipei (one of whom is a Captain in the Taiwan Navy). It’s a very bold move, and the timing is shrewd. But China holds huge hunks of American capital in its hands, and I fear that if we try to defend Taiwan, the PRC will pull the fiscal rug out from under us.

[shield]

The word is Taiwan will makes it's move with a new name during the Olympics. China will NOT have the ability to do anything and by the time the Olympics is over...it'll be a dead issue.

"First will be that the official name of the government will be changed from The Republic of China to The Republic of Taiwan.

Second will a formal announcement that the government of The Republic of Taiwan renounces any claim to be the legitimate government of China.

The Chicoms will be helpless to prevent this. They simply cannot take any military actions during the Olympics. By the time the Games are over, the announcements are fait accomplish." By Dr. Jack Wheeler

[RightWhale]

They need to declare independence from the USA rather than from China.

[El Gato]

Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party passed a resolution Sunday asserting the island's separate identity from rival China and calling for a referendum on Taiwan's sovereignty.

Strap in folks, the ride get rough from here.

Red China will not take this lightly.

[cmdjing]

Typical misleading headline followed by a stream of ill-conceived comments. Does anyone actually ever bother reading beyond the first sentence?

This is not a Taiwan resolution at all, but rather as the article goes on to expound, a DPP party congress resolution. This would be akin to calling a Democrat internal party resolution to withdraw troops from Iraq as the U.S. actually withdrawing troops from Iraq. It is internal party grandstanding and not policy considering that the KMT controls the legislature.