Terrorism? PRC need only look in the mirror

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By Mac William Bishop

The US, in its "global war on terror," has apparently overlooked one of the hubs of international terrorism: Taiwan.

At least, so says China's state media.

Last week, various Chinese Communist Party mouthpieces published editorials attacking the "independence terrorists" in Taiwan.

These pieces were written in response to a single line in the US Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2004 Report to Congress on the People's Republic of China's Military Power.

In the Pentagon's analysis of Taiwan's military capabilities, it noted that, "Since Taipei cannot match Beijing's ability to field offensive systems, proponents of strikes against the mainland apparently hope that merely presenting credible threats to China's urban population or high-value targets, such as the Three Gorges Dam, will deter Chinese military coercion."

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