Dear Konrad, The legislators of ROC don't know what language is. They only know how to make profits from political resourses. Seemed they want to establish a new nation state that is politically Taiwanese but culturally Chinese! I don't understand why. Babuza

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Konrad Hsu ASCHENBACH" 
To: "" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:17 PM
Subject: National Languages Law


> The US does not have an official language. Why do your legislators want 
> to make Mandarin Chinese official? If they want to legislate the 
> official language to be Taiwanese, that is making a nativization 
> statement. But to make Mandarin Chinese official means Taiwanese, as ROC 
> citizens, are expected to speak and read Mandarin Chinese. How much 
> further would it go?
>

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