[原文] 華盛頓郵報社論：無恥的中國

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                   Brazen China
                   無恥的中國

 PERHAPS CHINA'S Communist leadership was worried that the world would
get the wrong idea from the recent flurry of conciliatory gestures and
concessions it has exchanged with the government of Taiwan -- steps that
have suggested the possibility of a civilized and peaceful rapprochement
between the neighbors. In any case, President Hu Jintao has now made
clear that Beijing's policy of openly threatening Taiwan with a war of
aggression remains intact. The centerpiece of this month's meeting of
the rubber-stamp National People's Congress is "anti-secession" legislation
that legally binds China to attack the island -- a move that likely would
mean a military conflict with the United States -- if it fails to meet
China's political demands. Chief among these is that Taiwan's democratically
elected president, Chen Shui-bian, drop one of the central planks of his
platform, which is reform of Taiwan's constitution.

Mr. Chen hasn't taken any steps toward the constitutional reform, which
in any case would be largely cosmetic. Since suffering defeat in a
legislative election in December, he has been reaching out to China; he
even struck a deal with a pro-Beijing opposition leader in which he
pledged to work to relax investment and transport restrictions and
reiterated promises not to seek independence for Taiwan. Mr. Hu's answer
is to mandate, by law, that peaceful democratic political activity on
Taiwan trigger invasion by China. This extraordinary bellicosity is backed
up by deeds: Last week Beijing announced a 12 percent increase in its
defense budget, continuing years of double-digit growth that have made it
the largest military spender in the world after the United States. In
recent years the buildup has been designed to prepare for an invasion and
to repel U.S. forces that might seek to intervene. Hundreds of missiles
have been deployed within range of Taiwan, and new surface ships and
submarines have been purchased from Russia.

In sum, a totalitarian Chinese government has openly renewed its resolve
to wage war and is working hard to acquire the means to do so. Which brings
us to the European Union, which is preparing to lift its embargo on arms
sales to China despite appeals and warnings of the Bush administration
and Congress. France and Germany -- fierce opponents of military force
when used by the United States against a vicious dictator -- remain eager
to sell weapons systems to a regime that has formally committed itself
to aggression against a democracy. Rather than joining with the
United States to help keep the peace in Asia, they would cater to the
country that promises to break it. In effect, the Europeans place their
own narrow commercial interests -- which they pursue in competition
with U.S. companies -- above security cooperation with their NATO ally.
It is a grossly irresponsible policy.


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