Dear Mr. Kofi A. Annan,

"Not only hosts need to know how to treat their guests in a courteous way, the guests also need to do the other way round", new mainland affairs Chief Su Chi has reportedly threatened to expel a mainland Chinese official over what he said was the visitor's insult to the island's national flag, newspapers said Sunday (Feb. 7, 1999).

Su Chi, chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council since February 1, has warned that Lin Liyun, an advisor to China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait would be deported should she continue to show disrespect to Taiwan's national flag, newspaper said.

The China Times and the United Daily News said Su, who demanded "mutual respect" in handling bilateral exchanges issued the stern warning at a council meeting Friday. The reports said Taiwan born Lin, a central committee member of the Chinese Communist Party and vice president of the All-China Women's Federation, refused to attend a reception in her honor in her hometown of Chingshui Thursday until the host agreed to cover the national flag. She was born in Chingshui in 1933 but has lived in Beijing since 1952.

Su said it was not the first time Lin has requested removal of the Taiwan flag. During her last visit to Hualien county, Su said, Lin made the same request before attending a public event. The same episode took place during ARATS Deputy Secretary General Li Yafei's last call at the Kenting National Park administration in southern Taiwan, Su said . He added that the people of Taiwan have often had a bad impression of mainland visitors because of such behavior.

In our views; the officers from communist China need more respect to democratic Taiwan.