This despite evidence that the Communist Chinese remain very much the "strategic competitors" the Bush Administration confronted on taking office, thanks to, among other things, their continuing nuclear build-up, proliferation, threats to Taiwan, life-support for North Korea, trade-devastating currency manipulations and strategic mischief-making in our own hemisphere and elsewhere.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: ��No more war in ��04��

There is concern that Taiwan's life insurance market is already mature, given that the growth of annual premium income has slipped from 30% to 15%.

CNN: Another Lease on Life?

Plainly, most Taiwan people would rather not lose life, limb and hard-earned prosperity in a devastating conflict.

CNN: Milestones and Millstones