  BEIJING (AFP) - China's military strongman and former president Jiang Zemin on Thursday told visiting US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) China would not "sit idle" if foreign forces supported Taiwan independence. "If Taiwan authorities are determined to pursue Taiwan independence; if foreign forces interfere and support this, we would definitely not sit idle without doing anything," Jiang was paraphrased on Chinese state-run television station CCTV as saying.
The aging but still powerful leader's veiled warnings against US military intervention if Taiwan formally declares independence and China attacks the island came amid increasing tension between Beijing and Taipei. --Is that a threat? Hey China, I got news for you...we can take you out. So what you have 3-4 times our population. A few nukes in your back yard would do the trick. Andrew B. 
