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- In 1949, after the Peoples Republic of China was formed by Chairman
- Mao Tse-Tung, Chiang Kai-Shek and his nationalists fled mainland China to
- live on the island of Taiwan, located southeast of China. Since then,
- the People's Republic of China has considered the the citizens and their
- democratic government that of a "renegade province." In the past, both
- governments agreed that their final goal was re-unification. However, in
- recent years, Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui has been rumored to favor
- independence from the Chinese in light of Taiwan's booming economy and
- increasing position on the world scene. Infuriating China by visiting his
- alma mater in the United States, Lee is up for re-election in 1996. The
- Communist Chinese government, led by Deng Xiaoping, began military
- manuevers in the Straits of Taiwan in order to sway the election results in
- the favor of a more conservative candidate. In response to the alarm
- of their allies the Japanese, Taiwanese, and Filipinos, the United States
- has put the Seventh Fleet of the Navy on alert and has ordered the battle
- group of the USS Independence to Taiwan. This American "gunboat diplomacy"
- increased Beijing's anger, and word of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan began
- to circulate. Your job -- to assure the safety of Japan, the Phillipines,
- and Taiwan, and to reassert the power of the United States in Asia.
- Be Warned -- Both China and the United States posess NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Good
- Luck!
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