Dear Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright,
Mr. Prime Minister Keizo
Obuchi,
"The Chinese communists are still trying to swallow Taiwan." air force
commander Chen Chao-min said at a ceremony in northern Hsinchu marking the delivery of the
last of 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters ordered from France.
In a bluntly worded speech considering with an historic Sino-Japanese summit in Tokyo
where Taiwan's status is a key point of friction, Chen heaped scorn on Beijing's
heavy-handed drive or woo - or force Taiwan under its rule.
"After continuous spoken and military threats, they have tried repeatedly to use
united-fronted gimmicks such as peaceful unification and "one country, two
systems." Chen said.
Though China maintains a standing threat to retake Taiwan by force, Beijing has waged a
peaceful offensive since the 1980s., offering Taiwan broad autonomy if it bows to mainland
sovereignty under the "one country, two systems" model.
Taiwan, however, insists an end to its half-century of estrangement is
possible only if China's communists abandon their constitutional monopoly on power and
embrace a mutually acceptable multiparty democracy.
"The primary task of our air force is to establish a powerful defense to thwart
the Chinese communists military attack." he said.
Chen said China's army was pouring advanced weapons, beefing up, strategic deployments
in coastal regions and mounting many joint-forces drills. "All of this
proves that the Chinese communists are playing a dual peace-war strategy that constitutes
a serious threat to our national security." Chen said.
Beijing's threats to invade are a central point of friction in China's relations with
the United States and Japan, whose military alliance extends tacit defense to Taipei.
In our views: Beijing-Moscow's relation is up to hot point. Communist countries would
connect with each other again; they accepted any kinds of profit from democratic countries
and gaining multiple advantage linked to negotiation.
As a small island---Taiwan, the way of survival, is not "democracy" or
"good economy". We need "weapon's power". Beijing is too strong-arm to
talk with peace.
Thank you very much for supporting. We need your concern.
Sincerely Yours,
Yang Hsu-Tung.
President of
Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
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