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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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AQUARIAN AGE Austrian Peacekeeper
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maitre ka fu
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 10:32 am Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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It's very clean and ordered there...
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 11:29 am Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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the photos are fascinating, chris....
it's just that everyone is stuck in the "girls" thread....
hehe..
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PLX180
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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Really nice photos Chris especially of the Presidential Palace. And it always fascinates me how different buildings look in different countries.
Good of you to take the time to put them up.
u know u want to
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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PLX180
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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Do it
u know u want to
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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what does a "first world country" mean?
democracy? - do they vote?
freedom of speech?
I saw you mention something to the effect that Taiwan is not with the U.N. - because of China - that scared me...How can China stop anyone from being part of the U.N?
just curious.. - I love learning about other places and cultures...
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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I understand... - you explained it well.
Thanks.
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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Jake Cepheus
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: My Photos of Taiwan! |
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After World War II, the Communist forces under Mao Zedong and the Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-Shek went head-to-head for control of the Chinese mainland. Mao won, and the Nationalist forces set up shop in Taiwan. The United States, being completely unwilling to recognize the Communists under Mao as the legitimate government of China, gave diplomatic recognition to the Nationalists in Taiwan as being the government-in-exile of China. So Taiwan was sort of part of the UN, in that China's permanent Security Council seat was actually controlled by the Nationalist government in Taiwan. In the 1970s, the United States began establishing diplomatic relations with the Communist government in mainland China, and in the late 1970s shifted diplomatic from Taipei to Bejing as being the legitimate government of China, which had the effect of taking control of China's Security Council seat away from Taipei and giving it to Beijing. Having a permanent Security Council seat gives Beijing a lot of heavy-duty bargaining power in the UN, and the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue gives the rest of the Security Council some bargaining power with China. Since the Beijing government doesn't actually occupy Taiwan, the Taiwanese don't get hurt by it too bad (although they get hurt a lot worse than most Westerners realize, because Westerners don't really comprehend the importance of "saving face" in Chinese and Taiwanese culture).
Jake :)
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