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Article: China, Taiwan and hurt feelings. (relations between China and Taiwan)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 19, 1994
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HERE is an immensely successful trading nation with foreign- currency reserves of $84 billion, the second biggest in the world. Yet when its president goes abroad, he cannot be received with the dignity due to the leader of a talented and industrious people. He has to pretend that he is "on holiday" and conduct his negotiations in a covert manner. The country is, of course, Taiwan, whose president, Lee Teng Hui, returned this week from a tour of Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
All three South-East Asian countries have diplomatic relations with China. According to China's rules, they therefore should not hold meetings with President Lee. As he set off, China ...
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