Chinese military growing stronger; May attack Taiwan, U.S., others

[KrazyHorse]

I'm certainly not convinced of that. How many Americans do you know who are ready to sacrifice their son or daughter for Taiwanese independence?

How many were willing to sacrifice their son or daughter for West German or South Korean independence in the bad old days? I think (of course this isn't certain) that the Americans would actually be willing to duke it out (and take the punishment they'd be sure receive before winning) for Taiwan, notwithstanding rapprochement with mainland China...

[Sten Sture]

btw - nuke detonations in China would be a little less than helpful for Taiwan, and Japan for that matter.

China benefits from Taiwan, Taiwan benefits from China. Nobody is going anywhere.

(mindseye - SF has started calming down a little bit with the econ. Still a ways to go, but at least the dots are a little less prevalent. Hope all is well over there.)

[mindseye]

Sten - thanks for the update! Glad to hear the pendulum has begun swinging back. And things are extremely well over here, thanks for asking! Hope you and you wife and baby are all well and happy!