China, Japan & Taiwan, WW3??

Hey there
As im sure u know China has increased tensions between itself and Taiwan and of course recently Japan, both of which are potentially ww3 starting conflicts. If China attacks either america will help starting a new global war. If china doesnt, then Cold War 2 will emerge...
Just my thought for the day

China wont attack Taiwan, because b y attacking Taiwan they will destroy what the covert.

most likely america will step in somehow, as always, vested interests? but , they have too many investments in taiwan and more and more investments in China...
prolly they dont know who to help.?!

*sigh -- Armagedon here we come. *lol

I'm sure you've all heard this but, "I don't know what weapons WWIII will be fought with but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."

Detlev, that is a great, and possibly VERY true quote.

I think with Japan, China is just looking for an official appology for the atrocities that the Japanese perpetuated on the chinese in the early part of the 20th century. Some horrible stuff went on. As for Taiwan, I have no clue what's going on there, but what will probably happen if China does make a move against Taiwan is the US will simply stop importing from China. I *think* we are their largest buyer of stuff, and that would be a tremendous blow to their economy. They may have lots of people and lots of weapons, but economically, I think they're struggling.

Disclaimer: I'm not an economist, or a politician, so what I said above may be horribly, horribly wrong, lol.

I'm in Japan, so this is a pretty hot issue right now. My sister's adopted--from Taiwan. It's hard to say what will happen and who the US will support.

I thought China's relations with Tiawan had thawed recently, and that China had even given Tiawan a pair of chinese pandas as a gift.

Ah found an article that mentions it.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/14/content_2956133.htm

Oh dear. Amusingly the article suggests they have been moved near to Taiwan for "survival training". Maybe they are speciallist ninja attack pandas !

Chris

lol, specialist ninja attack pandas, i wouldnt past them

The notion that the People's Republic would attack Japan is just ludicrous.

There's no need to worry about China attacking Taiwan. Definitely not before Summer 2008.

And definitely not after, either. Attacking Taiwan would bring more harm and less good to China that not attacking Taiwan, so they won't. Its leaders are sane.

Maybe some day Taiwan and mainland China could be united, but if this were to happen, I think it would not be the mainland that annexes Taiwan, but rather, it would be Taiwan that annexes the mainland.

The subject of china conflict has been covered intensively by the world press over the past decade. I find my self constantly drawn back to the subject of china conflict. While much has been written on its influence on contemporary living, it is important to remember that ‘what goes up must come down.’ Inevitably feelings run deep amongst socialists, who are likely to form a major stronghold in the inevitable battle for hearts and minds. Keeping all of this in mind, in this essay I will examine the major issues.

Social Factors

Interweaving social trends form a strong net in which we are all trapped. When Thucictholous said 'people only know one thing' [1] he shead new light on china conflict, allowing man to take it by the hand and understand its momentum. A society without china conflict is like a society without knowledge, in that it smells of success.

Our post-literate society, more than ever before, relies upon china conflict. Society is powered by peer pressure, one of the most powerful forces in the world. As long as peer pressure uses its power for good, china conflict will have its place in society.

Economic Factors

We no longer live in a world which barters 'I'll give you three cows for that hat, it’s lovely.' Our existance is a generation which cries 'Hat - $20.' Of course, china conflict fits perfectly into the Greek-Roman model. For those of you unfamiliar with this model it is derived from the Three-Amigos model but with greater emphasis on the outlying gross national product.
National
Debt

china conflict

There are a number of reasons which may be attributed to this unquestionable correlation. Well the national debt has always depended upon china conflict to a certain extent, but now more that ever. Supply Side Economic Tax Cuts Tax deductions could turn out to be a risky tactic.

Political Factors

Politics has in some areas been seen to embrace an increasing ananiathesis of intergovernmentalism leading to neo-functionalism. Placing theory on the scales of justice and weighing it against practice can produce similar results to contrasting china conflict and ones own image of themselves.

We cannot talk of china conflict and politics without remembering the words of that most brilliant mind Elijah T. Time 'People in glass houses shouldn't through parties.' [2] What a fantastic quote. If china conflict be the food of politics, play on.
Where do we go from here? Only time will tell.

Conclusion

In conclusion, china conflict has, and will continue to be a major building block for the world in which we live. It enlightens our daily lives, influences the influencers, and is always fashionably late.

Let's finish with a thought from star Whoopi Paltrow: 'You win some, you loose some, but china conflict wins most often.' [3]

[1] Thucictholous - Man - Published 42 AD

[2] Time - Yes Indeed - 1987 Indegro Books

[3] Smashing Hits - Issue 224 - Jazz Media

lets hope the pandas do their job, what that is....

why cant people just get along???? just give each other a big hug.... forgive and be forgiven.... i dont to see people die....
i mean canada will just sit back and clean up the mess after it is over... i love being canadian.. such a happy place were people trust there neighbor.. "love thow neighbor".. were i live we don't lock our doors we dont even take the keys out of the car... we trust our friends and most of the people around us... now if the world was like that you would not hear the word murder as much as you do now..
to tell you the truth it is sad what some of the people do in this world. like mass killing and rape, child porn, hate crime.... people need to think before they do this stuff the world would be a better place...

Note to self: go to Canada and rob them blind

Albert Einstein