Comments on: An Underwater Tunnel from China to Taiwan?

By: Robert Tagorda

Robert Tagorda — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:15:49 +0000

Actually, when I was mentioning higher priorities, I was thinking about the underwater tunnel, not Taiwanese independence. One would think that there'd be more attention paid to establishing direct charter flights from the mainland to Taipei, yet Chinese officials are talking about elaborate transportation schemes.

As to the political issue of Taiwan, I agree that it's an urgent matter for the Communist Party.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:42:00 +0000

James,

To answer your question "Doesn't China have higher priorities?"

To the Chinese government, the answer is an emphatic NO. The Taiwan issue is the only claim of legitimacy the Communist Party has with the population, and they will use nationalism to get its support, even to the point of going to war.

By: RE Gardner

RE Gardner — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:58:19 +0000

Higher Priorities? Depends on how you are thinking, and their reality is not the same as yours (or mine). China defeats the entire concept of the global paradox, because China is its' own paradox.

Regardless, they seem pathologically obsesssed with Taiwan, which under any other standard is an independent country.