In Taiwan, former President Lee
defied a warning by his party-KMT, because of Taiwan should face the
communist China with strengthen security. Former Taiwan president Lee
Teng-hui has defied a warning by the Kuomintang to stop his activities
against the party, which he chaired for 12 years, saying it was the KMT
that was heading the wrong way. “I am about 80. It does
not matter to me at all, whatever could be done to me - even chopping my
head off,” Mr Lee said. He said he had received the KMT's
letter on Friday telling him to stop public activities against the party
but he could not even be bothered to answer. “I have struggled for democracy and for Taiwan over the past 12 years, which ordinary people can never do,” Mr Lee told supporters at a conference hosted by the KMT's rival Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) in Taichung yesterday. The former KMT chairman said the
reason behind his feud with the party was very simple. “Because it
[the KMT] is now taking the wrong way. Previously, the KMT were
anti-communist but now they want to ally with the communists,”
Mr Lee was quoted by Taiwan's Internet news service ETtoday.com as saying. For the KMT the first priority now
should be to punish those who “ally with the communists” and
to examine why they departed from the previous party line, Mr Lee said. Over the past year, the KMT has
angered Mr Lee by teaming up with one of his biggest rivals, James Soong
Chu-yu, who leads the People First Party, and being overly critical of
President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The KMT has also often sent its
heavyweights and incumbent legislators to the mainland to exchange views
with Communist Party and government officials. Last week, the KMT said it would
set up a business office on the mainland at the invitation of Vice-Premier
Qian Qichen, the mainland's top official on Taiwan. A group of Lee
loyalists - including several KMT members - formed the TSU last month. The new party hopes to siphon away votes from the KMT and form a coalition government with Mr Chen's DPP after the December elections. Mr Lee has been stumping for TSU candidates over the past month, giving anti-KMT speeches. Mr Lee, who introduced the “no
haste, be patient” policy, poured scorn on Taiwanese businessmen “flocking
like bees” to do business with China, saying it makes the island
too dependent on its rival. “Taiwan's economic future will
not be solved by running towards China. We don't have to put all our eggs
in one basket,” Mr Lee said. Mr Lee suggested strengthening business
ties with the US instead. On the other side, China wants to
“cool!” Read the message from chat room that relating a hijacked jet
ploughing into World Trade Center towers. China maintains close links with
countries branded by Washington as sponsors of terrorism, including Iraq
and Libya, and will face wrenching decisions as it comes under pressure to
go beyond words and take sides on military action. Given the sensitivities, the
response of the authorities has been to clamp down on the public debate. Online bulletin boards also had
been ordered to censor extremist views, the monitor of a popular
journalists' site said. The muted media coverage has
helped suppress a mix of Chinese emotions. In place of the media's
soundbytes, people make up their own. Because of United States’
solidarity that Beijing needs think to “support or against” it. It is the time for United States
to rethink why Osama Bin Laden dare to fight whole US’ people. In our viewpoints, United
States should make decision on “tough or soft” effects over
terrorist’s issues. Before making an all-out
effort that Muslim’s countries set up sympathetic communication for
“anti-terrorism” and terminate terrorists are urgently needs. Islamic militant groups say
they are having trouble coping with a rush of young Palestinians
volunteering for suicide bombings against Israel. “My son was brilliant in everything and had a strong personality. He wanted to contribute to his country’s liberation,” explained Hussein al-Tawil, whose son injured 12 Israelis in a suicide attack in east Jerusalem last March. Tawil, a member of the former
communist People’s Party, said “suicide operations have become a means
for Palestinians to vent their disgust at several decades of
occupation.” For Abu Mohammad, the nom de
guerre of an Islamic Jihad official, “suicide operations have become a
common phenomenon among young men seeking to respond with violence to
rising Israeli violence.” “Our movement cannot cope with
all the candidates for martyrdom,” he said. Abu Nemr, a member of another
Muslim fundamentalist movement, Hamas, says the Palestinian population was
“increasingly convinced of the usefulness of these suicide
operations.” The movement “does not
brainwash people. Suicide bombers do not kill for the sake of killing,
they are defending their homeland and firmly believe it is the best and
fastest way to liberation,” he added. “How can we speak of
brainwashing when we see Nablus residents distributing sweets after the
operation [suicide bombing] at the Sbarro pizzeria in west Jerusalem?”
Nemr asked. “Were they also brainwashed by Hamas?” The Aug. 9 suicide attack in the
center of west Jerusalem – that left 18 people dead and around 80 others
injured – was claimed by both Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The two militant movements have
claimed responsibility for most of the suicide attacks. Most of the “martyrs” in
suicide bombings have been youths born after the 1967 Middle East war and
who were under the age of 15 during the first Palestinian intifada or
uprising that raged from 1987 to 1993. My son was “raised in a
patriotic family. He sought a way to oppose the occupation and to respond
to Israeli violence against the Palestinian people, and so he joined Hamas,”
Tawil said. Asked whether such suicide attacks
are against Islam, Abu Mohammad said there is “no military balance
between us and the Israelis. Killing [Israeli] civilians is a reaction to
the massacre of Palestinian civilians.” “We are ready not to target
civilians if Israel is willing to do the same. In an case, the martyrs
know they must target soldiers and spare children,” said the Jihad
official. We like to copy vice
President Lu’s speaking; In the wake of terrorist attacks
against the US, Vice President Annette Lu on Sept. 13, 2001 reminded the
public that Taiwan has a nemesis of its own, whose threats are ignored or
downplayed by too many too often. "China has already posed a threat to Taiwan in many ways, but we tend to either ignore its existence or downplay its significance," Lu said. "There are a lot of
Chinese spies on the island, but none of us have reported them Lu issued the warning as she
delivered a speech at an academic conference on civilian-based defense. The warning was made against the
backdrop of a wave of terrorist attacks against the US, which shocked the
world with its enormous damage and casualties. "If a mighty country like the US cannot avoid terrorist attacks of such scale, can Taiwan be immune to similar attacks?" Lu asked. "We know we always have an enemy. It is the leadership in Beijing." "Facing threats from China, we must develop a common understanding among our people. The people must be made to understand that the country now has many vulnerabilities stemming from the great freedom we now enjoy," Lu said. "The people must have a
psychological defense against the enemy. What we want is not just a
defensive military. We are seeking a preventive defense." Citing the rescue efforts
conducted by the military in the wake of the catastrophic 921 earthquake,
Lin said the military has a long way to go before it is competent to deal
with such disasters and equivalent situations. "Because of the lack of disaster-prevention and emergency-assistance training, the armed forces participating in the rescue efforts did not function well. Most of these soldiers were wasted on cleaning the debris of houses that collapsed in the earthquake," Lin said. "As the earthquake struck the
central parts of the island, many of the local townships lost
communication links with the outside. Military units in those
townships did not make good use of their communications equipment to
report the conditions in the affected areas to the outside. This
caused the central government to be unable to know the conditions in those
areas until several days after the earthquake," he said. Lin called on the military to add
courses (on how to conduct rescue efforts in a disaster) to its training
schedule. Lin also suggested that the
military consider training and mobilizing reserve troops for
disaster-related rescue missions. "The military's current
recalls of reserve troops are meaningless since they are held only for the
purpose of gathering the reservists together. The mobilization of reserve
forces should not be a formality," Lin said. "In the US, the training of
the National Guard covers emergency rescue missions supporting the regular
troops. The military should seriously consider training and mobilizing
reserve troops for similar missions in the future." We concern about that; B.
Terrorism was encouraged by “suicide attacks” C.
Beijing’s threat from history complex of anti-US atmosphere Reports from Taipei, that … On September 3, 2001, chief of the
General Staff Tang Yiau-ming Monday warned that China is trying to
undermine Taiwan's government politically and economically and urged the
nation to keep its defensive forces in peak condition. "The Chinese tactic of using Taiwan businessmen and civilians to influence the Taiwan government is aimed at suppressing our economic development and competitive power," Tang said. "It just part of the proof that shows China has never changed its intention to destroy Taiwan," he added. Tang made the warning Monday on
Armed Forces Day, as he delivered a speech at a ceremony honoring a group
of servicemen selected annually as model members of the armed forces. Commenting on economic and
political matters is unusual for Tang, who normally restricts his speeches
to the military arena. Tang's warning was interpreted by
local media as a message to the government leadership that the easing of
restrictions upon business investment in China -- one of the conclusions
reached at the recently concluded Economic Development Advisory Conference
-- would be counterproductive to interests of national security. Ministry of National Defense
spokesman Major General Huang Shui-sheng said the media had misconstrued
General Tang's intentions. "General Tang is just trying
to let the public know what kind of tactics China now uses against Taiwan.
He did it for the sake of national security," Huang told the Taipei
Times. "The military will not
rail against government policy. If the government decides to open direct
sea and air links with China, the military will cooperate fully,"
Huang said. Andrew Yang, a military analyst
at National Sun Yat-sen University, said Tang's warnings against China
represent a continuation of his efforts to make servicemen understand that
China is an enemy of Taiwan. "General Tang has been making similar efforts over the past few months. He wants servicemen to know what they are fighting for and who their enemy is," Yang said. The general also reminded his
audience of the nature of the military threat that Taiwan is facing from
China. "It is estimated that by 2005, China will pose a substantial threat to Taiwan in areas ranging from air and sea forces to intercontinental ballistic missiles. It will also be a big threat to the security of the Asia-Pacific region," Tang said. "Currently, China is holding a series of military exercises off Fujian Province. These exercises are meant to intimidate the Taiwan people." "Since 1989, China has been increasing its defense spending by double digits each year to promote its military modernization project," he said. The general also called on the
public not to relax vigilance against a potential invasion from China. "We should not hold the
illusion that war won't break out across the Taiwan Strait before 2008
just because China is to hold the Olympic Games that year," he said. "We should instead strengthen our military training and upgrade our combat readiness. We must strive to maintain our defensive capabilities," he added. In our viewpoints, that Taiwan’s
unsteady policy over cross-straits’ issues could become to be a
nightmare of chaos over Chinese missile’s crises. So, Taiwan needs your help.
Yours Sincerely,
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