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Article: Taiwan Strait tensions.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2007
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Byline: Richard Halloran, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The verbal shots across the Taiwan Strait were stark. "Taiwan is our territory," said Tan Naida, a delegate to the National People's Congress in Beijing. "Just look at history. Why can't we take Taiwan back?"
"Taiwan wants independence," said President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan in Taipei. "Taiwan wants to change its name, Taiwan wants a new constitution, Taiwan wants development."
That aspect of the running dispute between China and Taiwan over the island off the coast of China is clear enough. Much of the rivalry, however, is riddled with contradiction. The consequence is an uneasy and ...