<< Part of me still think this is an elaborate plan that China cooked up to take back Taiwan. Wut a way to divert US protection from Taiwan! Think about it....the US could be focusing its attention on the wrong enemy...leaving Taiwan vulnerable to an attack by China. We all know China wants to become "the" economic super power....what a way to do it by screwing with the US economy! >>
China is already taking the economic power away from Taiwan..... have you been there or been keeping track of the news in that region? First off, the US does not deal with the "government" of taiwan. It is not internationally recognized. Therefore they have no political power. Secondly, we're already supporting their efforts to defend themselves so I wouldn't worry at this point. Thirdly, US companies are pumping money into China not Taiwan, and more recently, more and more companies are moving from Taiwan to China.
My father's company almost moved its operations to Shanghai but I convinced him that it wouldn't do his company much good and it wasn't good for the people of Taiwan. So he's keeping it internal. Hopefully things won't get so bad that we would have to open up operations in China.... but you never know.
I am taiwanese, born and raised in the US though, but I stronly support Taiwan and its people. But just coming back from Taiwan several weeks ago on a business/pleasure trip, I noticed how the moral has changed over time. Things are very different these days compared with a few weeks ago, 6 months ago, and 3 years ago. There's something missing in the people. I think people there became a little too self centered. Meaning that they felt they were invincible but didn't see the larger picture.
Anyways, I don't think China (the government) would have had any involvement being that they are to host the olympics and want in on the WTO. However, China does have a large number of Muslims (and I'm not saying that Muslims are to blame). But if Bin Laden had anything to do with it and they were supporters, then yes they would have been involved but not the government.