The Christian Science Monitor has an editorial about cross-Straits relations:
Small, democratic Taiwan expects volleys of verbal fireworks against it next week when China’s Communist Party meets in a congress held every five years. The new threats wouldn’t be worth much notice – if China wasn’t also revving up its war machine against Taiwan.
China’s leaders are expected to set a higher priority to their long-standing claim over this “breakaway” island about 100 miles off the mainland. Just how high will depend on how well China reads its own past. [Full text]
