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Taiwan’s Explosive Referendum

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Sep 19, 2007
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Gung-ho hawks in the People’s Liberation Army are not famous for their facility with political subtleties. They are even less equipped to handle metaphysical questions such as “to bomb or not to bomb."

On the issue of what Beijing – and the PLA – should do about Taipei’s seemingly no-holds-barred progression toward de jure independence, however, the Chin…

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