Dear Mr. Prime Minister Tony Blair,
Political analysts see the three-in-one election at Taiwan as an indication of Taiwan
people's desire to maintain the status quo on cross-strait relations. Like magic, the
banners, flags, and posters of the three-in-one election disappeared from city streets.
The "morning after" was eerily quiet in sharp contrast to the emotion charged
campaign rallies. Taiwan's democracy was come of age. Fear of possible riots on election
night, proved unfounded, large crowds which gathered at the front runners' respective
campaign head quarters showed admirable restraint.
This is a sure sign that Taiwan's democracy is becoming mature. Looking
back at the island's elections over the past decade. It is obvious that democracy has
become more mature after each election. Just look at the performances of the losers, there
was no bitterness when they conceded to their opponents only blessings and good wishes.
They appealed to their supporters to accept the results and pledged support for the task
ahead.
The biggest winner in these elections is not the KMT, despite its impressive
performance. The biggest winner is democracy. Democracy is putting down deeper
and deeper roots. With the passage of time, it is going to became a
tradition and a part of Taiwan's culture.
Beijing's sympathizers point to Singapore and to the former dictatorships in Korea and
Taiwan as examples of how a market economy can thrive under autocracy. But
they ignore one thing, all these societies have been capitalist in ideology, and their
economics have been firmly based on private-ownership rights protected by transparent
laws.
A forward-looking China has to stop lying to itself. That is easier than it sounds,
because everybody already recognizes the lie. By freeing itself of a useless dogma,
Beijing can start building a modern, fair and efficient society resting on a true
separation of executive, legislative and judicial powers. The present reforms installing a
better banking system, revamping the state-owned sector--- are only stopgaps.
Without going much further, discarding the communist credo and building a liberal
society based largely on private ownership, it is hard to see how China can
ever rid itself of systemic corruption.
In fact, it is unclear that even the technical, stopgap measures can succeed without
political reform. People said, "To eliminate corruption is to destroy the
party, to tolerate corruption is to destroy the nation". This shows how
deeply the cancer has taken root. And that should be a sobering thought for Beijing 's
communist leaders.
In our view; democratic Taiwan is the future of mainland China. Matured elections and
democratic culture is the only way to help communist China. The stability of Asia region
that depending on Beijing's democratic tendency, everybody knows that corruption is a way
of life in the land of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" in countless
communiques, top leader warn that corruption has become the No. 1 threat to
the party's survival for outranking "western hegemony".
Taiwan experience is the only drug for curing communist China's trouble. Taiwan
need you support to deal with misleading Beijing government.
Sincerely Yours,
Yang Hsu-Tung.
President of
Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
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