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I like the guy, he's an excellent bitchhandler...
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-- McCoy, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
(Score: 2) by quietus on Wednesday May 10, @11:35AM
It's not about Taiwan; it's about Japan and SE Asia. Revenge feelings are deep, extremely deep, in certain parts of Asia: the Japanese know that if Taiwan falls, they're next and can look forward to many Nanjings on their home turf. The rest of SE Asia knows that if it comes so far, they'll have to kowtow to a new Emperor which is more likely than not to remember the pogroms against the Chinese [merchants] in Indonesia and other countries.
In short, Taiwan is just the fuse to a giant powder keg involving at least 2 nuclear powers, China and Japan, but also India and Pakistan: and that is the strategic significance to the West.