China is protesting the United States' decision to allow Taiwanese Defense Minister Tang Yiau-ming to attend a convention in Florida.

"The era of Chinese being bullied is long past," Li was quoted as telling Ambassador Clark Randt, adding: "In the world today, it is a very proud thing to be a Chinese."

China would be a much better place if it was like Taiwan, and China should not surprised by any support given a democracy that has freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. The single best thing China can do if it wants to improve Sino-U.S. relations would be for the Chinese government to stop its oppresssion and murder of its people.