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SUM® l« a trademark 10-6 lV£OH-Fri 979/696-5711 10 Thursday, August 8, 2002 THE battaI Graduation day ! blume Senior psychology major and MSC Bookstore employee Bonnie Glass (left) helps graduating senior elementary educa- JOSHUA HOBSON • THE BATTALIC tion major Dana Heathcott (right), findttii appropritate sizes for her cap and gown or propose Wednesday. which will Bryan bi to file suit 1 /•Bryan if it | Traditions ( He is ge alternate pn course and i Adam’s even thougf cial propos Bryan can d intended foi mention fro China threatens Taiwan i could face ‘use of force BEIJING (AP) — China ratcheted up its tough talk Wednesday, warning Taiwan that increasing “radical pro-independence moves” are shoving the mainland toward preparations for a military solu tion to the half-century rivalry. But Beijing also said it remained committed to peace. The Chinese government used its official media — English-language newspapers in partic ular — to disseminate words of caution to the island that it considers part of its territory: Comments by Taiwan’s president, and especially any Taiwanese referendum on independence, risk military consequences. There is a growing possibility that “peace will have to be safeguarded and won through the use of force," said an article in the government-run press, quoting a “senior military source." However, it said any military preparations would be “a backup." The carefully worded article, which raised the stakes of the usual rhetoric by openly invok ing the military, ran Wednesday in two top state-controlled outlets — the China Daily newspaper and the Web site of People’s Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper. Both are key conduits for policy statements by the Beijing leadership. “We must not delude ourselves that the sepa ratists will abandon their pro-independence pur suit overnight," the official was quoted as saying. “If we want to strive for peace, we have to be fully prepared for military action." The article came days after Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian angered Beijing by say ing Taiwan is a separate nation and might “walk down its own Taiwanese road." The communist Chinese government considers unification with Taiwan — which broke away in 1949 amid civil war — to be its most sensitive issue. The United States severed ties with Taipei in 1979 to establish relations with Beijing, but Washington has remained a defender of Taiwan’s interests and its main weapons supplier, and would be very unhappy at any mainland military action aimed at the island. The article published Wednesday emphasized that China preferred peaceful solutions but was open to other options if necessary. “Taiwan choosing independence is tantamount to choos ing war," the article said, explaining Beijing’s policy. It also said China had been “exerting maximum military restraint." The mainland newspapers quoted the mili tary official as saying that Chen’s comments “underscore the need for the mainland to pro ceed with military preparations as a backup to encourage further work to bring about a ful reunification." “The resolution to the Taiwan, question a be postponed indefinitely," the military was quoted as saying. In Taiwan, Chen's office and Mainland^: Council did not immediately comment Wednesday morning, Taiwan canceled a re military exercise scheduled for next week.a tary spokesman said. “We were afraid that the public and the would read too much into it," said the spoke speaking on customary condition ot anon;: He would not explicitly link the decisionwi: recent tensions. «| l An editorial by the government-run X: News Agency called Chen’s recent comir “dangerous provocation” to both sides. 1 <■ Shui-bian has finally taken off his camon! it said. China: Taiwan could face ‘use of forc Tlie Chinese government warned Taiwan Wednesday that pro-independence moves" would force it to prepare for am- solution, Democratic Taiwan fears it will be mistaken forapa the communist mainland. CHINA Pop.: 1,273 111,290 (2001) Area: 3.696,100 sq. mi. Govt.: Communist state Defense budget: $17 billion (2001) TAIWAN Pop.: 22.370.461 (2001) Area: 13.970 sq. mi. 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