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Oct.28,2000 --- To: Trent
Lott, Denny Hastert, Walter Schwimmer |
Dear¡@Mr. Trent Lott, Reports said that universal human rights aren¡¦t suited to Asia, but this nonsense; many Asians are not in a position to know what their basic human rights are. Oct. 25, 2000 --- President Chen Shui-bian said that he was working to eliminate the ¡§non-economic factors¡¨ that are currently besetting Taiwan¡¦s economy. Chen said that in the past weeks he has been striving to patch up strained relations between Taiwan¡¦s major political parties. Blame for recent declines in the stock market and general pessimism about Taiwan¡¦s economic future have frequently been pinned to the atmosphere of political instability that has prevailed ever since Chen was voted into office with less than a majority of the popular vote. In the future, he said, he would set his sights at improving cross-strait relations as well. Chen said that developing the economy would be one of the top priorities of his administration. By eliminating non-economic obstacles to the economic development, he went on, Taiwan would be able to realize its goal of becoming a ¡§green Silicon Island¡¨ in the 21st century. Chen¡¦s Democratic Progressive Party is widely seen as being anti-business, an impression that seems to have been strengthened by recent talks of scrapping Taiwan¡¦s fourth nuclear power plant. The new president made the comments during a visit to the Biotechnology Cultivation Center in Hualien¡¦s National Dung Hwa University. Chen pointed out that the center, which has received NT$4 million in funding from the Council for Economic Planning and Development over the past two years, would help promote the industrial development in the underdeveloped eastern region of the island. Chen said that the development of biotechnology industries is one of Taiwan¡¦s middle to long range goals. By the year 2006, he predicted the biotech industry will be contributing as much as NT$90 billion to the nation¡¦s gross national product, up from the NT$16.2 billion that was produced in 1999 Direct contact between the ruling parties of mainland China and Taiwan would ease hostilities, even if immediate reunification is unlikely, the head of ruling party said. Frank Hsieh, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, said communist China¡¦s leaders need a clearer view of President Chen Shui-bian¡¦s government. ¡§Mainland China¡¦s understanding of the DPP is probably from other parties or from reading the newspapers. This is a pity,¡¨ Hsieh said at Taipei¡¦s Foreign Correspondents¡¦ Club. Beijing¡¦s leaders are ¡§pretty cold¡¨ toward Chen¡¦s attempts to ease tension, he said, adding. ¡§It takes two to tango, but only one is dancing.¡¨ Mainland China suspects that Chen, once a vocal independence advocate, is not committed to reunifying the two sides, which separated amid civil war in 1949. Since Chen took office in May, mainland China has rejected his invitations to discuss ways to ease the 51-year-long standoff. Beijing leaders say Chen must first show that he is serious about reunification and agree that Taiwan is an inseparable part of one China. Chen has refused to accept any conditions. Leaders from Beijing and Taipei have not met since the communists took over the mainland, and mainland China has repeatedly threatened war if Taiwan ever seeks a formal break or delays reunification talks. Hsieh said it was unlikely that Taiwan would seek a formal break. ¡§Our definition of independence is the status quo, which is that Taiwan is already independent. We can keep going on like this,¡¨ Hsieh said. Political uncertainty over such issues as the completion of Taiwan¡¦s fourth nuclear plant has been a factor behind recent declines on Taiwan¡¦s stock market, where share prices have dropped to their lowest level in nearly two years. The government has yet to make a decision on the US$5.1 billion nuclear project, which is one-third complete. Japan¡¦s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and U.S. companies Stone and Webster Engineering Corp. and General Electric Co. are involved. Hsieh said that the president¡¦s party has long opposed the use of nuclear energy in Taiwan, adding that people are ¡§prepared in their minds¡¨ if Chen scraps the project. ¡§As far as I¡¦m concerned, the issue is resolved. It¡¦s not an issue anymore,¡¨ Hsieh said. = = = = If policymakers think that they can ignore public opinion, I think they would be making rather a large mistake. We hope Taiwan can be at the forefront of human rights on the continent. About Taiwan¡¦s fourth nuclear plant that provoking conflicts on the ¡§morality and politics¡¨ viewpoints. In our view; Taiwanese people was persuaded by post-government said that Taiwan would short of electric power, it could make island¡¦s prosperity in crisis. The truth told us, Taiwan is a cancer kingdom. People died in carcinogenic disease for a long time that any of medical related works had known clearly about the ¡§massacre of radiation.¡¨ Obviously, nuclear pollutant in small island always acted as the source of major factors. On the other hand, past stagnated bureaucrats and majority party in legislature has hampered the most of President Chen¡¦s administration by way of political difference. We aren¡¦t understanding that the legislators served for people or saved their money over sensitive political conflicts. Under threat from Beijing that conflicts over political ideology inside could destroy island¡¦s security. In short, the more and more suggestions from your, could help President Chen¡¦s administration perfectly.
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