Dear Mr. President Clinton,
Mr. Vice President Al Gore,
Mr. Trent Lott,
Mr. Denny Hastert,
Don't let Beijing's anger become a massacre in which our world always give the most
tolerance for communist China because of fearing its weapon's policy.
On Wednesday (July 14, 1999) Beijing warned that it was ready to take
immediate military action against Taiwan if the island challenges its bottom line of
maintaining the sovereign and territory integrity.
China announced yesterday (July 15, 1999) that it has successfully developed
the design technology to make neutron weapons on its own, the first time it
has made these assertions publicity. China has always reserved the right to
use military force to achieve its cherished goal of reunification with Taiwan, if
peaceful methods and negotiations fail, and it reiterated that position again yesterday
(July 15, 1999) after President Lee Teng-hui used the term "state-to-state" a
week ago in reference to Cross-Strait relations ... then a serious warning is coming from
Beijing.
It is easy for some Chinese leaders to believe that Lee's moves are actually directed
by Washington, especially with the role the United States has played protecting Taiwan
over the years."
In our view, any kind of Taiwan issues will be misled to United States' evil plots by
Beijing government.
"I think Lee Teng-hui has badly misjudged the international
situation," said Su Ge, a professor at Beijing's Foreign Affair
College, "What he has done could threaten stability in the region, and could even
threaten peace." Many Chinese scholars and politicians have taken a more strident
anti-American view since NATO went to war over Kosovo, and not just because of the
accidental bombing of Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in May.
"On this equal basis, we could have in depth discussions with China on
highly political issues", Premier Vincent Siew said. Siew emphasized
that Taiwan's mainland policy will not change. The island's fundamental shift yesterday
(July 15, 199) to accept political talks during the Koo-Wang meeting,
an idea seen as a taboo in the past, reflected a gesture to placate China, analysts said.
Angry Beijing leaders, in addition to intensifying verbal attacks on the President for
"trying to split Taiwan from China," seem to be using the threat of force to
compel Lee to retract his statement. There is no way for the President to withdraw his
remark, Lee was merely stating a half-century-old political fact when he described the
relationship between Taiwan (the ROC) and the Chinese mainland (the PRC) as "special
state-to-state relations." President Lee made clear that Taipei's basic mainland
policy is unchanged, and that Taipei still sticks to its goal of pursuing
eventual reunification with the mainland.
In Taiwan; between 60 and 70 percent of local citizens, as
shown in opinion polls conducted in the last few days supported Lee's description that the
ROC and the PRC are two separate countries. "My feeling is that the usual
military threat is the only means to pressure Taiwan from heading towards
separatism," Cabestan told AFP. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, director at the
center for studies of contemporary China, said he believed Beijing would be very reluctant
to launch any kind of military attack on Taiwan in the near future.
In our views, it is important for Wang to go through with his Taiwan visit, as it will
provide a good opportunity for the two sides, and let the political dialogue going to
work, over equal position.
Taiwan needs your help.