Quoted: Ok here is some real background from a friend who knows the situation on China. This is an analysis on an article in STRATFOR. Remember that war is money. Follow the money and you will get it. Enjoy Dissecting the 'Chinese Miracle' (Stratfor) <snip> The challenge is to keep this undeclared war at a tolerable level, even while ratcheting up pressure on the coastal lords in terms of both taxation and rationalization. But just as Jiang's "solution" faces the doomsday possibility of a long rural march to rebellion, Hu's strategy well might trigger a coastal revolution. As the central government gradually increases its pressure on the assets and power of China's coastal lords, there is a danger that those in the coastal regions will do what anyone would in such a situation: reach out for whatever allies -- economic and political -- might become available. And if China's history is any guide, they will not stop reaching simply because they reach the ocean. The last time China's coastal provinces rebelled, they achieved de facto independence -- by helping foreign powers secure spheres of influence -- during the Boxer Rebellion. This resulted, among things, in a near-total breakdown of central authority.   Send questions or comments on this article to [email protected].

Whew!  That was a good, albeit long, read.  Could you see coastal China and Taiwan colluding with outside interests anytime soon?

BTW, the Shanwei incident shows us (at a minimum) two things:
1) The Chinese didn't learn much from Tiananmen (except maybe to keep these things lower key; I hadn't heard about Shanwei until this article)
2) Hardly anybody (Chinese or American) likes eminent domain abuse

Quoted: I'm surprised nobody else said this earlier... Chuck Norris. Chuck can hold off the entire PRC Army by him self. I saw him hold off an army of ninjas so PRC army should be a piece of cake.

Missing in Action IV: Braddock Goes to Taiwan