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...Taiwan Strait...
...create a precedent for U.S. acquiescence to Chinese coercion, thus weakening Taiwanese morale before the main invasion a few years hence. The U.S. Senate needs to pass the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act with a veto-proof majority. Such a clear signal might deter a war in the Taiwan Strait. JAY LOO Lansdale...
...spring and summer months, 2860 pulls a string of vintage passenger cars along tracks that hug the top of a cliff 100 ft. above Howe Sound, north of Vancouver. The 80-mile round trip, much of it poised over the water below, offers views of pretty islands, the Strait of Georgia, lush forests, a span of glaciers, coastal mountains that sweep into the sea and waterfalls so close you can almost touch them. The trip, says Savio, is "on the short list of the most beautiful in North America." Be sure to book the parlor class (for about $57), where...
Although recent developments across the Taiwan Strait are merely a continuation of the strained relationship between the communist People's Republic and the Republic of China on Taiwan, they have alarmed the international community. Mainland communist leaders have employed intimidation tactics in a desperate and failed attempt to influence the presidential election on the democratic island...
...says Dowell. Nonetheless, domestic political concerns leave Beijing unable to tolerate any formalization of Taiwan's de facto independence, which is why the Chinese military has been steadily expanding its naval and air power. While full-blown hostilities may be some way off, the Cold War across the Taiwan Strait is right back on the front burner...