at www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm.
72.The term "effectively responded"is a Chinese euphemismindicating thatthe Chinese did ，in fact，take some official action in response to the incursion.In this context ，one might note that the Chinese Minister of Public Health saidon April 3，2003，that the government had "effectively controlled"the spreadof an epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome （SARS）and was fired two weekslater when his assertion proved to be a wild overstatement.
73.See "PRC Uninhabited Islands Regulation ，"NAPSNet Daily Report，July1，2003，
at nautilus.org/napsnet/dr/0107/JUL01-03.html#item10.
74.CNA ，"Fishermen Seek Help over Chinese Seizure of Vessels ，"Taipei Times，July 15，2003，
at www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/07/15/2003059470.
75.See Admiral Thomas B.Fargo ，Commander in Chief ，U.S.Pacific Fleet ，remarks delivered at Submarine League Annual Symposium，Alexandria ，Virginia ，June 14，2001，
at www.cpf.navy.mil/speech/speeches/010614subleague.html.
76.For a comprehensive look at this issue，see Dana Robert Dillon ，"Howthe Bush Administration Should Handle China and South China Sea Maritime TerritorialDisputes，"Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No.1470，September 5，2001，
at www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1470.cfm.
77.James A.Kelly，Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and PacificAffairs ，testimony before Committee on Foreign Relations，U.S.Senate，September11，2003.
78.U.S.Department of State，Country Reports on Human Rights 2002：China，March 31，2003.
79.Ibid.
80."Ex-political Prisoner from Tibet Dies Suddenly ，"Radio Free Asia ，October3，2003.
81.Uyghur American Association ，"UAA Press Release on the Execution of Shirali，"October 22，2003，citing Xinjiang Daily，October 21，2003.
82."Chinese Arrest 12Catholic Clerics ，"The Washington Times，October 28，2003，p.A12，
at www.washtimes.com/world/20031027-092749-3882r.htm.
83.Associated Press，"Shanghai Lawyer Who Sued Developer Jailed ，"October28，2003.
84.Dow Jones Newswires ，"Chinese Court Charges Internet Activist with Subversion，"October 29，2003，
at online.wsj.com/article/0，，BT_CO_20031028_001534，00.html.
85."China Lashes Out at Critical U.S.Report ，"The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel，October 6，2003，p.A5.
86.U.S.Department of Defense，Annual Report on the Military Power of thePeople's Republic of China，July 28，2003，
at www.defenselink.mil/pubs/20030730chinaex.pdf.
87.Ibid，p.2.
88.James Harding and Peter Spiegel ，"Beijing Looms Large in the White House'sDefence Strategy，"Financial Times ，October 17，2003，p.19.
89.Section 2（b ）（6）of the Taiwan Relations Act（Public Law 96-8）mandatesa national policy "to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resortto force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security，or thesocial or economic system ，of the people on Taiwan."