HUGE PRO-INDEPENDENCE PROTESTS IN TAIWAN: This won’t play well with the Chinese.

UPDATE: Tom Maguire emails:

On Taiwan, I am just thinking of Lucy Liu, and realizing that Taiwan will be unstoppable if they play the “protest babe” card.

Is it OK for me to be deeply sympathetic and deeply scared?

OTOH, their problem with Taiwan may become our opportunity with No Korea –they help us, we help them…

Condi had *really* better get this one right.

Indeed.