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Is the Bush administration softening its stance on the China-Taiwan equation? The Bush administration is inclined to tiptoe around Beijing, especially on the question of Taiwan.

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's recent repudiation of the "one China" concept is sure to break a lot of china in the Bush administration.

To hear some in the Bush administration talk, its now only a matter of time before Beijing does the unthinkable and seeks a reconciliation with Chen Shui-bian, the Taiwanese president whom they have vilified ever since he was first elected in March 2000.

Yes: It will spur Beijing's war party and dampen the hopes of democracy movements in Burma and Cambodia.

Unofficial calls for a general boycott of China's Olympics havegotten Beijing's attention, but Beijing remains confident thatHollywood celebrities are neither serious about nor capable ofachieving a boycott.