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...House in December, appeared to side with Beijing by publicly dressing down Chen, signaling that Taiwan's President should not move ahead with the referendum. "The comments and actions made by the leader of Taiwan indicate that he may be willing to make decisions unilaterally to change the status quo," said Bush-a position, he added, the U.S. "opposes." Then last month, the Bush Administration dropped the Washington-based chairwoman of the AIT, Therese Shaheen, who was openly pro-Chen; U.S. officials admit that Beijing lobbied intensively to have her removed from the post...
...independence card to boost his political career. But as he stepped up to the podium last Thursday, say U.S. officials, the message from Beijing was that Chen was dangerously close to the red line. That he did not cross it, and indeed vowed not to change the status quo, was a victory for diplomacy and pragmatism-and the climax to weeks of frenzied lobbying and pressure by the U.S. "I don't think anybody [in Washington] considers [Chen] reckless," says James Lilley, a former U.S. ambassador to China. "He's a very calculating lawyer who's got an agenda...
...democracy], but they need to be aware that what they say and do has consequences for their security, and for ours." With Chen throttling back during his inauguration last week, the U.S. is off the hook-for now. "We appreciate his pledge [not to change the status quo]," said U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher...
...fact, Washington knew it was coming. Chen's aides say the text of his address had been given to members of the Bush Administration days earlier. Most of the major points in the speech-no unilateral action to change the status quo with China; a clarification that any changes to the current constitution would not touch on sensitive areas such as the definition of national territory; and the notable omission of his often repeated phrase, condemned by Beijing, of "one country on either side of the Taiwan Strait"-were the result of intense negotiations between Washington and Taipei after Chen...
Females already have cleavage that many people, including Dartboard, wouldn’t mind seeing 12 inches of. Seemingly unsatisfied with the status quo, however, too many members of the fairer sex have opted for more. Only this new sort of cleavage is far less to Dartboard’s liking. It’s so evil a town in Louisiana is near to passing a law against it. Dartboard rallies behind men from this town like Westwego City Councilman Glenn Green, who said simply, “I don’t relish seeing the beginning of the crease...