An evening of international political enlightenment

[quikchange]

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Jiunn-Rong Yeh, a cabinet minister for an economic powerhouse whose existence is formally acknowledged by only the pope and 25 econopolitically insignificant nations, about the history and prospects of his enigmatic country. The story of how this strange situation arose is a uniquely fascinating one

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[2much_thinking]

Wow, that is odd. They maintain very different political views of how things should work and yet they seem to get along, rather than revolt or try to overthrow one another. NOTE: I do not watch much news as the TV remove is usually in the hands of my roommate. SO I am assuming there are very minimal problems there between Taiwan and China and there are no fundamentalist bombings or anything like Northern Ireland or former Yugoslavia or something like that.

But look at what it demonstrates: Democrats and Communists getting along and working together. That could be seen as a positive role model for other countries whom have for years said Communism was evil.

[quikchange]

Well, they don't exactly have amicable relations but they don't kill each other either. Mainland China does have thousands of missiles aimed at Taiwan though.

[2much_thinking]

Damn, it seemed better in the description. But at least they are not killing eachother, which is a step in the right direciton.

[zedinbed]

I was reading up on this exact topic a month or two back when the two countries nearly went to war over Taiwan's status. The US would have to be dragged in if such a conflict happens because of its heavy investment in the Taiwanese economy.

Its interesting how this anti-symbiosis has existed for so long without changing the status-quo.

One-sided

[imlex]

You are not likely enlightened after listening to only one side of the debate. :-/

Re: One-sided

[quikchange]

Well, I also read several Wikipedia entries on the subject before writing this.