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As Taiwan is free from China today.

Really? Taiwan is free already TODAY? wow! I didn't know that! no news today mentioning anything about that. when did they hold the independence referendum? I must check CNN for this wonderful news. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Well I have checked CNN and nope, no troops from China in Taiwan.
Taiwan is still free from the communist rule of China.

[ 09-10-2004, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Knightscape ]

Your forgetting the treaty signed in 1906 that made tibet free and self governed.

I'm not saying What is going on in Iraq is O.K. What I am saying is Tibet is a free country and should be left alone. Why do you think before China took over in the 50s Tibet had 6000 monistaries and now they only have 6. That seems to me to be repression of the Tibetan people.

[ 09-10-2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Nightwing ]

It's important for human rights groups to stay neutral on whatever they're examining, because they appear that way. So that issue aside, the possibility of the government-sponsored targetting of the pro-democracy voters with threatening phone calls etc is much worse than the parade. If the allegations are true, it paints the situation in a different light than we might see coming from a national source. However, they're just allegations at this point, not condemnations.

Whether or not HRW is worthy of your ire I think depends on whether or not they're being neutral and honest. If they're not then their role in "all those important issues" comes into question, but if they are we shouldn't dismiss them outright.

Besides the question of independance, there is also the human rights situation in Tibet.
This is from the much hated ( ;) )Human Rights Watch, and this is a copy of a UN rapport on torture in Tibet.

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As Taiwan is free from China today.

Really? Taiwan is free already TODAY? wow! I didn't know that! no news today mentioning anything about that. when did they hold the independence referendum? I must check CNN for this wonderful news. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Well I have checked CNN and nope, no troops from China in Taiwan.
Taiwan is still free from the communist rule of China. </font>[/QUOTE]Ah I see.. for a moment there I thought President Chen finnally had the balls to hold the referendum and taiwanese finally decide what they want. Thanks for clearing that up. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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As Taiwan is free from China today.

Really? Taiwan is free already TODAY? wow! I didn't know that! no news today mentioning anything about that. when did they hold the independence referendum? I must check CNN for this wonderful news. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Well I have checked CNN and nope, no troops from China in Taiwan.
Taiwan is still free from the communist rule of China. </font>[/QUOTE]Ah I see.. for a moment there I thought President Chen finnally had the balls to hold the referendum and taiwanese finally decide what they want. Thanks for clearing that up. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]No problem.

Speaking of "decide what they want" how soon until deomocratic elections will be held in China?

I can't see that happening in the future. Perhaps in a very distant future it might. The CCP is too drunk with the absolute powers it have. I see that it won't give up it's power too easiy. China need another Sun Yat Sen.

[ 09-10-2004, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

Perhaps you should have a parade for your scientists. They won most of the medals for you!

The majority here that was won is a very very questionable one. Did the assasination attempt on President Chen had a major impact on the result? Was it deliberately made so that he will win the election? Kuomintang presidential candidate Lien Chan was favoured to win the election at first. However, with the insident came the "dubious" result.

First it was Macau, then came Hong Kong coming back to China. I would like to see Taiwan do the same too. When that will happen is another matter entirely. </font>[/QUOTE]Macau was leased by Portugal
Hong Kong was leased by the British Empire

Taiwan was not leased by any European power. It exists under a self determined course. Which is in effect - no matter what China may say, or what nations don't acknowledge - INDEPENDANCE. </font>[/QUOTE]You were suspended for 2 weeks YORICK. Yes, We KNOW it's you, --using another account, sneaking in. Unless you wish to be suspended *permanently*, you need to email the mods and myself with a VERY good reason why you did this.

Yorick, that was unwise to do that, mate...