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By Todd Stadler · Monday, August 5, 2002 11:07pm
I also derived a few chuckles from this Times article on China vs. Taiwan's president Chen (registration required). The whole scenario over there is just ridiculous. If China were any less powerful, they would sound like a bunch of loons, akin to a British parliamentarian noting that while America had had its fun, it was time for it to rejoin the British Empire, no joking around anymore. But no, China is very serious and seriously thick, so never mind what's gone on in the past fifty years, there's only one China and we're just not sure who's leading it right now. Or where it's headquartered. Maybe we can start calling Taiwan "China" as well, and when people get confused as to which one we're talking about, we can specify "the small one" or "the large one".