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There
seems to be much concern about the approaching turn of
the century as it relates to computer software and, dare
we say, society as a whole. N.Y.S would like to take this
time to assure all of our loyal patrons that we are,
indeed, prepared for the upcoming new year. All of our
systems have been subjected to a rigorous battery of
exams and we are pleased to announce that we have passed
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We encourage everyone to hip themselves to the situation brewing in China. The proverbial shit is heading right for the fan and it is our hope that society does not sit idly by and watch from afar. Find some level where you can make a difference and get at it. (.cn is the domain country suffix.) Someone, we believe, posted a quote on a defaced site. It had to do with the old speculated adage that "a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Let us not fall under that pathetic umbrella. (If it is porn you are interested in just let us know. We know a few girls in Reno that will hook you up in ways that would make Larry Flynt scream like a small school girl with a monster chasing her.) Still, if it's all the same, we have dumped in a current article from Reuter's regarding the Taiwan/China situation. Scroll down if you are so inclined. Do what you will. |
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August 11 7:22 AM ET China Brags Military Would Roll Up Taiwan In Days
By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) - China, embroiled in a war of words with Taiwan, boasted Wednesday that if a real war broke out between the two rivals, the island could not resist for more than five days. ``How many days can the 400,000-man 'Nationalist army' resist?'' screamed the front-page headline in the China Business Times News Weekly. ``Once war breaks out, resistance would be four to five days at the most,'' said the newspaper, which splashed pictures of jet fighters, missiles and alongside the story. Relations between Beijing and Taipei soured last month when Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui unilaterally redefined them as ''special state-to-state.'' Lee junked the longstanding ``one China'' policy, which has helped underpin East Asian security for decades, in a bid to break Taipei out of diplomatic isolation imposed by Beijing. Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province and has threatened to invade if the island declared independence, has said Lee's move was a ``dangerous step'' down the separatist road. The newspaper said speculation that China would not go to war because it is in the midst of economic development was ''completely wrong.'' It said China has not moved against Taiwan in part because it did not want to see Lee declare martial law and put off presidential elections due in March 2000. Western defense analysts say the 2.5 million-strong People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be the biggest fighting machine in the world, but it is mainly a junkyard of obsolete weapons, undertrained troops and an officer corps distracted by business until a ban was imposed last year. The analysts said China has few real military options to prevent Taiwan's thoughts of independence other than the impossible -- a seaborne invasion -- and the unthinkable -- nuclear war. But the China Defense News said Beijing's resolve to stop Taiwan from bolting even in the event of foreign intervention should not be underestimated. The PLA ``is a modern crack force of steel,'' it said. The military newspaper cast doubt over whether Uncle Sam would risk burning himself by ``pulling chestnuts out of a fire'' and back Taiwan. The United States has told China that any effort to determine the future of Taiwan other than by peaceful means would be of ``grave concern'' to Washington. When China conducted intimidatory war games in waters near Taiwan in the run-up to the island's first direct presidential elections in March 1996, the United States sent two aircraft carrier battlegroups to the area. ``The Chinese people do not hope for war but are not afraid of war,'' the newspaper said, quoting late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. It reminded Taiwan that the Communists routed the 800,000-strong Nationalist army in a civil war on the mainland in 1949. It said no Taiwan politician was ``willing to be nailed to the historical pillar of shame along with Lee Teng-hui.'' The official Xinhua news agency quoted military analyst Peng Guangqian as saying Lee was a ``deformed test tube baby cultivated from the political laboratory of international anti-China forces.'' Peng said Lee was ``courting destruction.'' |
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