31 julho 2017

"By the time Lin [Taiwanese Captain Lin Zhengyi] arrived in 1978, the war was more psychological than..."

“By the time Lin [Taiwanese Captain Lin Zhengyi] arrived in 1978, the war was more psychological than physical. The armies still shelled each other, but only on schedule: the mainland fired on odd-numbered days; Taiwan returned fire the rest of the week.”

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Taiwan and China had a system for how to deal with their next-door neighbor that they hated and thought was not legitimate. Whatever works, right?

Quote is from Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, by Evan Osnos.

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