There are still deeply hitter
feelings in China about the U.S. bombing of its embassy in Belgrade nearly
two years ago. Communist China also concerns that the U.S. remains too
aggressive in pushing for human rights in its authority. We thought that Bush government
must bring a fresh attitude toward Washington-Taiwan-Beijing relationship
and make a clarity in Taiwan defense not merely adequate to the balance of
power of the two sides, that stimulated democratic development in China
need more of strategic policy overcoming Beijing’s power expansion. But at the same time, the U.S.
would spend a great deal of time emphasizing the value of the US-Japan
alliance as the anchor of stability in the region and that should give
comfort to Japan. Obviously, Japan is extremely
concerned that they should not be in friction across the Taiwan Strait
because it affects the whole region. I think the first consideration
for the Taiwan military is to ensure that from the bottom up the Taiwanese
military is trained to deal with more sophisticated technology, new
software, including new information and new command and control systems.
Because the inability to absorb that kind of equipment would make it
impossible for Taiwan to develop indigenously or to absorb from abroad the
TMD structures. If the US decided to sell four
AEGIS-equipped destroyers to Taiwan, it would mean that the US had taken a
very serious look at its own strategic advantages in protecting its
interests in the region as a whole. Taiwan happens to be part of that
strategic equation. The best defenses Taiwan has for survival are effective democratic institutions, freedom of expression for all and the respect for fundamental human rights. The people of the world admire and measure the achievements of the people of Taiwan by these yardsticks. The survival of Taiwan squarely rests on the determination of its 23 million people to preserve these values. And we must be prepared to pay a price for preserving them. It will not be cheap. It will take a lot of will power, determination and wisdom to overcome the tremendous pressures, not only from Beijing, but also from the pro-China faction working vigorously within Taiwan to undermine the efforts of the administration to ease the tensions between China and Taiwan. We Taiwanese who freely chose to
leave the place where we were born and raised, cannot and will not vote to
decide the future for those who must live and die in the island state they
love. Rather we will continue to fight to protect the right of the 23
million people of Taiwan to determine their own future without outside
intimidation or interference. How long a person has been in
Taiwan, the different languages they speak, gender, origins, and so on,
are totally irrelevant to the exercise of such fundamental and democratic
rights. The only prerequisite is their love for Taiwan. Without such love,
any vote or voice is nothing but hypocrisy. So, Taiwan needs your help.
Yours Sincerely,
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