The Mask is lowered

I have never subscribed to the notion that the communists in China could now be considered a benign force nor have I subscribed to the belief that the forays made by the Communist People’s Republic of China into the world economic markets would be a force for freedom or liberty for the people of China. So this report from ABC news came as no surprise:

BEIJING Mar 8, 2005 — China unveiled a law Tuesday authorizing an attack if Taiwan moves toward formal independence, increasing pressure on the self-ruled island while warning other countries not to interfere. Taiwan denounced the legislation as a "blank check to invade" and announced war games aimed at repelling an attack.
The proposed anti-secession law, read out for the first time before the ceremonial National People's Congress, doesn't say what specific actions might invite a Chinese attack.

"If possibilities for a peaceful reunification should be completely exhausted, the state shall employ nonpeaceful means and other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Wang Zhaoguo, deputy chairman of the NPC's Standing Committee, told the nearly 3,000 legislators gathered in the Great Hall of the People.

The innate danger of a sleeping giant is that at some point the giant wakes up.

(tipped off by Neale News)