The recent huffing and puffing from China over the President's meeting with the Dali Lama makes me aask once again why we bother to give the murdering bastards in Beijing the legitimacy of full diplomatic recognition and not do the same to Taipei?  If we adopt a two China policy the PRC would have to accept it or accept the risk  of all the business they do with the US dissapears and their economy hits the wall and the social upheavals that would bring with it.  We need to stop dicking around and face up to the facts with the PRC, thery are our enemies, and we should do everything we can to support our friends rather than offering deference to our enemies.

A quick comparison between the two.

From the Yomuiri Shimbun: China still curbing freedom of speech.

     "The Chinese government still strictly controls free speech, but don't you think freedom [in society] has been gradually spreading thanks to social changes in the past 20 to 30 years?"

     I asked Chinese author Zhou Qing this question after he delivered a speech in Tokyo earlier this month.

     He replied: "[Government] control of free speech remains unchanged. [What appears to be freedom] is merely superficial. What made you think such a thing?"

     The Beijing-based author was promoting his book on the danger of Chinese food, titled "What Kind of God: A Survey of the Current Safety of China's Food."

     Though I intended to ask for his opinion on freedom of speech in China, Zhou apparently thought I lacked a proper understanding of the situation in the country.

     "I find your [question] absurd. [So-called liberalization] is not the result of changes made by the Chinese government. It's a result of pressure from the international community," he said. "Dictators will never change."

     Zhou, who took part in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989, was later arrested and imprisoned for nearly three years.

     After his release, he was labeled a traitor by the government, which restricted his activities as a writer. But he refused to give up his career, despite such pressures.

     By far the most pongiant remark is at the end of the interview, and sums up the innate desire of the people of China to be free of the shackles of their repressive regieme.

     "I hid in mountains in the Ningxia autonomous region [of north central China], where I was given refuge by local residents. They fed me eggs every day, a valuable item for them. I was very impressed and believed China would become democratized one day," he said.

     For comparison this took place recently in Taipei, I wonder how the goverment of the PRC would have reacted if this had taken place in Beijing.

From the China Post: Thousands march in Taipei for gay rights.

     TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Thousands of homosexuals staged a Gay Pride march in Taipei yesterday to demand equal rights and the legalization of gay marriage.

     The parade took a carnival-like mood with marchers waving rainbow flags, colorful balloons and signs. Some were dressed in flamboyant period costumes, with brides and grooms, nurses and sailors while others only wore swim trunks despite the cool weather.

      I want some one, anyone in theis administartion or the next one to finally stand up to the Chicoms and tell them that they can either learn to live with the fact that there are two Chinas, or that their is only one, and it is not theirs.  But sadly I know that business will override principles once again in our dealings with the thugs of Beijing.

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