The Washington Post, March 27th, 1996
IT TOOK no time at all for China to change its course after Taiwan democratically elected Lee Teng-Hui president. Suddenly, he became no longer a dangerous "splitter" but a fellow patron of reunification, with Beijing claiming credit for putting him in that role. China's intimidating military exercises and missile firings halted. Moves were begun to open up some new lines to Taipei. The odds are long that China has undergone a real conversion to permanent neighborliness. More likely, it decided to cut the severe losses in international standing produced by its militant protest against Taiwan'...
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