What is Taiwan doing?

Sat Apr 1, 2006 9:21 PM EST

As some of you may have noticed, Taiwan recently refused China's offer of two pandas. While this may, on the surface, appear to be a mild affront at best, it is but the most recent in a long line of Taiwanese acts of protest against Chinese rule.

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