One China? Two headaches: the Bush administration has danced with both China and Taiwan. But a Taiwanese referendum set for March 20 will force it to choose sides.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Feffer, John
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BACKING BOTH THE FAVORITE AND THE underdog in a boxing match might win points for evenhandedness, but it would leave sports fans scratching their heads. In the battle of affections between China and Taiwan, though, the Bush administration has done just that.
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Both countries have been led to believe that they are enjoying the best relations with Washington in years. While this win-win stratagem stands in sharp contrast to the administration's divide-and-rule policies else where in the world, it also contradicts a key element of George W. Bush's foreign policy--the promotion of ...
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