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Article: Tangled up with Taiwan.(China, Taiwan and the United States)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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ON JULY 9, DURING A RADIO INTERVIEW in Germany with Deutsehe Welle, President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan characterized relations between China and Taiwan as a "special state-to-state relationship."
Beijing interpreted that as a unilateral--if de facto--declaration of independence, a clearcut repudiation of the one China policy it claimed had long been accepted by the mainland, Taiwan, and the United States.
"The true colors of the Taiwan independence forces trying to split the country are now laid bare," said the Politburo on August 1. "It is a declaration of war on the whole nation and the whole army."
About two weeks later, the Liberation Army ...