So you finally admit that CSB is the head of state… cool… now we know that Taiwan and China are separate according to your new found wisdom you won’t be making any more silly remarks about re-unification then. 
No but there are fortune cookies…
[quote]http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=87318
A Taiwanese Suao-registered fishing vessel, the Lung Jung No 1, was detained by a Japanese coast guard patrol vessel on October 8 on Okinotori Islet, which is part of the disputed Diaoyutai islands in the East China Sea. Family members of the owners of the fishing vessel had to provide NT$1.2 million (US$35,821) to secure the release of the vessel. The crew of the vessel finally returned to Nanfangau fishing port on Wednesday evening.
The chairman of the Ilan Longline Fishing Association, Lin Jih-cheng, said that the Japanese government went way overboard in its handling of the affair and Taiwanese fishermen plan to band together to sue Japan in an international court of law. [/quote]
Well maybe not a war. But they are going to sue the Japanese now.
Good for them. I hope the DPP administration will provide whatever support the family will need to have a successful case against the Japanese. Win this one and at least you will have an international court acknowledge what is ROC territory.
[quote=“ac_dropout”][quote]http://English.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=87318
A Taiwanese Suao-registered fishing vessel, the Lung Jung No 1, was detained by a Japanese coast guard patrol vessel on October 8 on Okinotori Islet, which is part of the disputed Diaoyutai islands in the East China Sea. Family members of the owners of the fishing vessel had to provide NT$1.2 million (US$35,821) to secure the release of the vessel. The crew of the vessel finally returned to Nanfangau fishing port on Wednesday evening.
The chairman of the Yilan Longline Fishing Association, Lin Jih-cheng, said that the Japanese government went way overboard in its handling of the affair and Taiwanese fishermen plan to band together to sue Japan in an international court of law. [/quote]
Well maybe not a war. But they are going to sue the Japanese now.
Good for them. I hope the DPP administration will provide whatever support the family will need to have a successful case against the Japanese. Win this one and at least you will have an international court acknowledge what is ROC territory.[/quote]
Interesting. If it got there, I’d think that the concept of sovereignty would have to be firmed up before they got to the question of what is ROC territory. In other words, for the legal beagles out there, the question of “standing” would need to be properly adjudicated before reaching the question of territorial integrity. I would think that any question of “standing” would have to include a discussion of sovereignty.
Hartzell, I think this might be the case just tailored made for you 
The Shenkaku islands belong to Japan.
Our President had to go in a warship to visit the islands as a result of Pan-Blue aggressive lobbying.
Even President Lee agrees that Diayutai is actually Japanese Shenkaku islands
Under international law, not even “Formosa and the Pescadores” belong to Taiwan. Read the San Francisco Peace Treaty. If you can’t understand Article 2b (where Japan renounces the sovereignty of these areas, with designating a recipient) then look at Article 21 (where the “benefits” which China can obtain from the treaty are specifically listed, and “Formosa and the Pescadores” are not included.)
Moreover, the ROC - Japan Peace Treaty just re-confirms the arrangements of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
At the present time, ROC territory is limited to the Jinmen and Matsu island groups.
Obviously you will not be co-chairing the ROC fishermen case.
This means the Shenkaku islands belong to Japan. Case closed.
Good job Hartzell! :bravo:
I’m sure the Japanese are pissing their pants. But not out of fear.
:roflmao:
[quote]
Botched bombing efforts embarrass defense officials
Saturday, Oct 29, 2005
Three weeks after a South Korean freighter carrying more than 2,000 tonnes of benzene capsized off Taoyuan County, the government on Thursday tried to demolish the ship with bombs and missiles.
Although two separate bombing runs failed to sink the ship, the Ministry of National Defense declared the mission a success.
[b]The ministry sent two F-16 fighter jets equipped with two 2,000 pound laser-guided bombs from an air base in central Taiwan to carry out the mission.
The fighters failed to complete the mission, with only “some” of the bombs hitting the target due to “relatively thick clouds.”
Later, two AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters were dispatched. They fired a total of eight Hellfire missiles at the ship on Thursday afternoon. Although they also failed to completely sink the ship, the ministry said the second mission was much more effective than the first one.[/b][/quote]
I’ve read reports somewhere else that the purpose of the bombing was not to sink the ship (it’s already half sunk), but to burn out the benzene.
I think one of the bombs hit the ship, but did not ignite the benzene in the cargo compartments. The Hellfire is a small missile. It’s got armor piercing power, but I guess the benzene compartments are sunk too deep into the sea and out of reach of the missiles.
In any case, it was a snafu all right.
They could probably have sent divers to the ship and set up a bomb on top of the compartments. That would certainly do the job, but they apparently didn’t want to risk people’s lives in the contaminated water.
It’s even more dangerous to get close to the ship now.