Posted by
fact275 on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:00:00 PM
One thing lost amongst the many fears about how Comrade Barack will handle foreign policy is the plucky Republic of China, better known as Taiwan. Little known outside of those in the military and intelligence community, the People's Republic of China has steadily been modernizing its military over the last 13 years to put it in a position to evict the United States from the Western Pacific and bully Taiwan into rejoining the fold. The PRC does not quite yet have the amphibious capability to successfully invade Taiwan; but it has positioned dozens of surface-to-surface missiles within range of the island. It could easily threaten a devastating missile attack on Taiwan.
The US Congress passed the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, commiting the United States to Taiwan's defense. But with Comrade Barack in the White House, and the Beijing Olympics forgotten, what is really stopping China from implementing its long held plans of retaking its captialist neighbor?