Meet the CA Capitol's literary legislators

In California, Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, is a minority party assemblyman. In Taiwan, he's a defender of democracy, and in China he's a running dog of American imperialism. 'I've gotten hate mail from Beijing,' DeVore said. 'One of them started out, 'You white pig.'' The reason is his 2001 novel, China Attacks. Written with sinologist Steven Mosher, it chronicles just that: China launching an assault on Taiwan, as the pair predict it may do someday. "