Washington Post的報導，就暗示李登輝站出來為阿扁講話，是要破解中共統戰反扁的陰謀，台灣中共派的立委太多，其行為已經到了公然無忌的態度，而台灣人之不知不覺亦是媒體暴力造成的隱憂，台灣人民已經在刻意打壓阿扁的非經濟因素下，造成急速下降的景氣失調中，喪失捍衛民主自由的勇氣。李登輝是以台灣民主自由為信念的堅強老者，管他什麼黨，理念的結合為保台第一要務。Washington
Post揭發中共的計倆，亦是道德勇氣的表現，台灣的媒體要自省啦！
China
Dealt a Blow on Taiwan
Taiwanese Ex-President
Bolts Party to Back Chen
By Philip P.
Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, June 18, 2001; 1:37 PM
BEIJING, June 18--China's
dream of a strong, pro-unification political bloc emerging in Taiwan
suffered a serious setback over the weekend when the island's influential
former president signaled a break with his own party to support President
Chen Shui-bian, who once advocated Taiwanese independence.
For months, the Chinese
government has tried to isolate Chen by courting his rivals, and it
has been counting on the opposition Nationalist and People First parties
to strengthen their grip on Taiwan's parliament and oust Chen or force
him to adopt more favorable policies toward the mainland.
But that strategy is in
trouble now that former President Lee Teng-hui, who led the Nationalist
Party for more than cade, has all but confirmed he will abandon the
party and throw his support - and that of his many followers - behind
Chen's Democratic Progressive Party during the legislative elections
in December.
At a meeting of a pro-independence
academic group on Saturday, Lee and Chen made their first joint public
appearance since Chen took office. Lee delivered a speech calling
for "the birth of a new Taiwan." Then, before a cheering
crowd, the two men clasped their hands and raised them over their
heads in a common Taiwanese campaign gesture.
The image was plastered
on the front pages of several Taiwanese newspapers and shown repeatedly
on the island's 24-hour cable news channels, and a possible "Lee-Bian"
alliance is the talk of Taiwan now. "Political Focus Remains
on Lee," read one large headline in Taipei today, while another
writer described the development as "dazzling and dramatic."
Lee has declined to discuss
his intentions, but he has endorsed two biographies published in Taiwan
this month that make clear his disdain for Nationalist Party chief
Lien Chan and People First leader James Soong. Chen wrote the preface
for one of the books. In addition, a former cabinet member and Lee
loyalist has been quoted telling reporters that several Nationalist
lawmakers intend to quit and form a new political party with Lee.
Lee,
78, remains popular among many Taiwan residents, particularly ethnic
Taiwanese in the island's south. His defection could reshape Taiwan's
political landscape, strengthening Chen's embattled presidency and
weakening the Nationalists, who ruled the island for more than 50
years before Chen was elected last year.
It could also further
polarize public opinion in Taiwan over whether the democratic, self-governing
island should move toward unification with or greater independence
from China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory. Lee and
Chen have advocated a go-slow approach to unification talks, while
Lien and Soong have urged closer ties with Beijing.
"This
is the beginning of an active political realignment in Taiwan, and
this realignment will create more divergence between mainland factions
and Taiwanese factions," said Andrew Yang, secretary-general
of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, a think tank in
Taipei. "The process is a dangerous one, because it may induce
Beijing to think it's impossible for them to take Taiwan back peacefully."
If China concludes its
strategy to isolate Chen has failed and sees him gaining strength
because of Lee's support, it may give up on a political solution and
focus on its military options to recover the island, Yang said.
But he said China will
probably wait for the results of the December elections before reevaluating
its Taiwan strategy.
Washington Post於June 18, 2001的報導中，更明白阿扁受統派圍攻與孤立的現象，李登輝的適時挺扁是自然的現象，台灣的政黨是否夠成熟，還是為反對而反對，必須反省懺悔。
Political
Shift on Taiwan Hurts China's Unification Push
By Philip P.
Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 19, 2001; Page A14
BEIJING, June 18 -- Taiwan's
former president has broken with his own party to support President
Chen Shui-bian, dealing a serious blow to China's dream of fostering
a strong pro-unification political bloc on the island.
The Chinese government
has tried for months to isolate Chen, who before taking office had
advocated Taiwanese independence. It has been courting in particular
the opposition Nationalist and People First parties, hoping they will
strengthen their grip on Taiwan's parliament and oust Chen, or force
him to adopt more favorable policies toward the mainland.
But that strategy is in
trouble now that former president Lee Teng-hui, who led the Nationalist
Party for more than decade, has all but confirmed he will abandon
the party and throw his support -- and that of his many followers
-- behind Chen's Democratic Progressive Party during legislative elections
in December.
At
a meeting of a pro-independence academic group on Saturday, Lee and
Chen made their first joint public appearance since Chen took office
last year. Lee delivered a speech calling for "the birth of a
new Taiwan." Then, before a cheering crowd, the two men clasped
their hands and raised them over their heads.
Lee has declined to discuss
his intentions, but he has endorsed two biographies published in Taiwan
this month that make clear his disdain for Nationalist Party chief
Lien Chan and People First leader James Soong. Chen wrote the preface
for one of the books. In addition, a former cabinet member and Lee
loyalist has been quoted telling reporters that several Nationalist
lawmakers intend to quit and form a new political party with Lee.
Lee, 78,
remains popular among many Taiwan residents, particularly ethnic Taiwanese
in the island's south. His defection could reshape Taiwan's political
landscape, strengthening Chen's embattled presidency and weakening
the Nationalists, who ruled the island for more than 50 years before
Chen was elected.
It
could also further polarize public opinion in Taiwan over whether
the democratic, self-governing island should move toward unification
with or greater independence from China, which considers Taiwan part
of its territory. Lee and Chen have advocated a go-slow approach to
unification talks, while Lien and Soong have urged closer ties with
Beijing.
"This
is the beginning of an active political realignment in Taiwan, and
this realignment will create more divergence between mainland factions
and Taiwanese factions," said Andrew Yang, secretary general
of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, a research group
in Taipei. "The process is a dangerous one, because it may induce
Beijing to think it's impossible for them to take Taiwan back peacefully."
If
China concludes that its strategy to isolate Chen has failed and sees
him gaining strength because of Lee's support, it may give up on a
political solution and focus on its military options to recover the
island, Yang said. But he said China will probably wait for the results
of the December elections before reevaluating its Taiwan strategy.
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's
military says it has successfully test-fired three U.S.-made patriot
missiles.
In the first of a battery
of trials, a private television station said Taiwan fired the missiles
from a base in south Taiwan's Pingtung county.
This
show of strength comes as China conducts war games at nearby Beijing-held
Dongshan Island.
While China and Taiwan
routinely carry out military drills, the tests are likely to inflame
tensions between the two.
Taiwan split from China
in 1949 and China considers the island a renegade province that must
be reunited with the mainland.
Beijing opposes any sales
of American weapons or weapon systems to the island.
But the testing comes
in the wake of the United States signing off its largest arms deal
with Taiwan in years.
Targets
In Wednesday's test, the
first fired on Taiwanese soil, one missile downed a dummy target over
the island's southeastern coast, according to media reports.
Television footage showed
exhaust trails from a Patriot and the missile it was fired to intercept.
Eastern cable TV said
the missile hit another fired from a mountain in southeastern Taitung
County.
The military fired two
other missiles as well but they were not aimed at dummy targets, the
report said.
Bolster
defense
The United States has
supplied Taiwan with three batteries of Patriot missiles -- 200 in
all -- designed to boost the island's defense against the growing
number of missiles deployed on the Chinese side of the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan officials would
not disclose the exact time or place of the missile tests, saying
only that they will happen this week.
Taipei
has downplayed the significance of testing the missiles this week,
even as the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducts one of its largest
war games in year across the Taiwan Strait.
They said the tests had
been planned for some time and that the timing was simply a coincidence.
Missile
attack
The tests underscore Taiwan's
determination to bolster its abilities to protect itself against a
missile attack from the mainland.
A spokesman with the Chinese
Foreign Ministry has said any attempt to oppose reunification by force
of arms would fail.
While Taiwan had asked
the United States for a more advanced version of the Patriot missile,
the Bush administration turned down the request.
The latest deal included
Kidd-class destroyers, eight diesel submarines, and a dozen P-3 anti-submarine
aircraft.
Senior Asian correspondent
Mike Chinoy contributed to this report
老外看得起台灣為民主自由投注的心力，在台灣卻有一批投降者，響應中共說辭，現在這些人在民主自由的保護下，已經語無倫次，胡說八道，且看看老共批判，愛國者試射之事，而中共
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