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Article: Provoking China Over Taiwan Is a No-Win Tactic.(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 24, 2001
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Should Taiwan be an independent country? And should the U.S. support Taiwan in its quest for independence?
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