Cheng-hian hiaN peng-an,

To-sia li e posted message. A-PiN-a chong-thong choe-kin
chit-peng-chit-kouk e khong-khai tham-hoe chin tiong-iau, che si Li
Teng-hui choe KMT chong-thong e si-chhun bou hoat-tou kong-khai
kong-chhu-lai e su-sit. A-PiN-a i Taioan chong-thong e sin-hun
khong-chhut-lai si Taioan e kout-che-koan-he e chit tao-pou, hou
goa-kout-lang liau-kai: Taioan kap Tiong-kouk cha-tio-si
chit-peng-chit-kouk.

Kuipeng

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Subject: [TGB] Fwd: Ka-na-tai po-choa e sia-lun


Taigu-bang e hiaN-che :

Teng 1-tiuN phoe e bang-chi in-ui siuN-tng kho-leng u sio-khoa bun-te.

Goa tit-chiap ka National Post e sia-lun "Stand up for Taiwan" copy tiam

e-kha hou tai-ke chham-kho.

peng-an,
Cheng-hian

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Stand up for Taiwan


National Post


Friday, August 09, 2002


The on-again/off-again war of words between mainland China and the
island 
nation of Taiwan seems to be entering an on phase. Beijing insists that 
Taiwan, which has run its own independent government since 1949, must 
eventually return to mainland control -- on threat of force if
necessary. 
To impress this point on the Taiwanese, the China Daily, a Chinese 
government-run publication, bluntly warned Taipei on Wednesday that
"Taiwan 
choosing independence is tantamount to choosing war." The Daily also
quoted 
a military official as saying that "If [China] wants to strive for
peace, 
we have to be fully prepared for military action [against Taiwan]." How
do 
Taiwan's 20 million people threaten the peaceful existence of the
People's 
Republic's 1.3 billion? He didn't say.

The Chinese are incensed by a speech delivered last Saturday by Chen 
Shui-bian, Taiwan's President. "With Taiwan and China on each side of
the 
[Taiwan] strait, each side is a country," Mr. Chen said. "This needs to
be 
clear ... Our Taiwan is not something that belongs to someone else. Our 
Taiwan is not someone else's local government." A special irritant to
the 
mainland was Mr. Chen's further comment that "our Taiwan is not someone 
else's province," an explicit rejection of Beijing's take on the
island's 
status.

Taiwan is a free-market democracy bristling with well-educated 
entrepreneurs and advanced technology. It is a model not only for
China's 
creaking, repressive Communist government, but for other states in
Africa 
and Asia aiming to modernize. And yet Taiwan is friendless. Hardly
anyone 
recognizes it as a country, to avoid offending Beijing. Fearful of 
endangering their trade with the mainland, the West's wealthy
democracies 
often look away when Communist China menaces Taiwan.

As the West's natural ally, Taiwan deserves our support in the face of 
Beijing's threats. The United States has done its part: Earlier this
year, 
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said the Bush
administration 
will do "whatever it takes" to defend Taiwan from military strikes by 
China. Other Western nations, including Canada, should support Taiwan 
through diplomatic channels. It must be made clear to Beijing that its 
dubious revanchism cannot justify threats of violence against a
peaceful, 
effectively independent, neighbour.

c Copyright 2002 National Post


>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:23:56 -0400
>To: 
>From: "So*, cheng-hian" 
>Subject: Ka-na-tai po-choa e sia-lun
>
>Tai-gu bang e hiaN-che :
>
>Ka-na-tai e po-choa National Post ti pai-5 hoat-piau sia-lun chi-chhi 
>Taioan.
>
>ChhiaN jip-khi e-bin e bang-cham chham-koan :
>
>[http://nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=B9027AD8-1841-4EB2-A4B](<https://web.archive.org/web/20060117054847/http://nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=B9027AD8-1841-4EB2-A4B>)
>F-C0
>8E98C8683E
>
>peng-an,
>Cheng-hian


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