{"id":3313,"date":"2005-05-27T18:06:01","date_gmt":"2005-05-28T01:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/27\/howard-w-french-letter-from-asia-taiwan-and-china-struggle-over-identity\/"},"modified":"2005-05-27T18:06:01","modified_gmt":"2005-05-28T01:06:01","slug":"howard-w-french-letter-from-asia-taiwan-and-china-struggle-over-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/05\/howard-w-french-letter-from-asia-taiwan-and-china-struggle-over-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard W. 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