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        "id": 1044765,
        "msgid": "china-and-taiwan-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-03-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "China and Taiwan",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
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        "summary": "China and Taiwan It is good that Taiwan and China are trying to settle their differences by exchanging letters through The Jakarta Post. China suspects that Taiwan's assertiveness -- by electing a president by the ballot box -- is a step toward independence. So China had its People's Liberation Army \"test\" some missiles in Taiwan's direction. I approach the problem from a different perspective. The heart of the matter is succession in mainland China, not in Taiwan.",
        "content": "<p>China and Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>It is good that Taiwan and China are trying to settle their<br>\ndifferences by exchanging letters through The Jakarta Post. China<br>\nsuspects that Taiwan's assertiveness -- by electing a president<br>\nby the ballot box -- is a step toward independence. So China had<br>\nits People's Liberation Army \"test\" some missiles in Taiwan's<br>\ndirection.<\/p>\n<p>I approach the problem from a different perspective. The heart<br>\nof the matter is succession in mainland China, not in Taiwan. The<br>\nsaber-rattling message is: Taipei should keep away from China's<br>\nsuccession. Taipei may play kingmaker because it has a stake in<br>\nthe outcome of China's succession. It is crucial to Taiwan. Its<br>\ninvestment there is put at US$20 billion.<\/p>\n<p>A new Chinese leader could invade the island. He could<br>\nencourage the withdrawal of Taiwanese investment. Let's not<br>\nforget that Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council keep a close watch<br>\non Deng Xiaoping's health and has knowledge of what is going on<br>\nin Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan has deep-pockets and has used them. To gain favor it<br>\ngoes around the world buying support. It is not new to have a<br>\ndeep-pocket neighbor playing kingmaker. Latin American countries<br>\nknow it. Just recently Helmut Kohl visited Moscow throwing his<br>\nweight behind Yeltsin. These are games nations play.<\/p>\n<p>Even Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew could not solve the problem in<br>\nhis visit last August to China and Taiwan. I wonder what<br>\nConfucius would suggest. Probably the old sage would advise the<br>\nleaders of both countries to strike a deal: Taiwan stops<br>\ninfluencing the succession in mainland China. China assures<br>\nTaiwan that the next Chinese leader would respect the island's<br>\nintegrity and would keep hands off Taiwan's investment there.<\/p>\n<p>OSVALDO COELHO<\/p>\n<p>Bandung, West Java<\/p>",
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