Dear Mr. Prime Minister John Howard,
　 　Mrs. Jenny Shipley,
　 　Mr. Secretary-General George Robertson,
　 　Mr. Trent Lott,
　 　Mr. Denny Hastert,

Washington, Sep. 9 ---
"North Korea and Iran are likely to join established nuclear powers Russia and mainland China as long-range missile threats to the Unites States over the next 15 years," the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said Thursday (Sep. 5, 1999).

"These emerging missile forces potentially can kill tens of thousands, or even millions of Americans, depending on the type of war-head, the accuracy and the intended target," the intelligence agency said.

Mainland China is a free country --- why scare religious believers?

BEIJING, Sep. 10 ---
Mainland China on Friday dismissed U.S. accusations that it was intensifying restrictions on religious believers, asserting that people were jailed for breaking the law, not for their beliefs.

"No one is detained or jailed in China because of their religious beliefs," a Foreign Ministry spokesman told Reuters.

"But regardless of whether one is a believer or not, he will be punished in accordance with the law if he breaks the law."

International human rights groups allege that criminal charges against religious believers in mainland China are almost always trumped up.

But the spokesman denounced the U.S. State Department for "attacking China's religious policy for no reason".

"It's gross interference in China's internal affairs," he said.

The State Department, in its first annual assessment on religious freedom worldwide, said there was reason to be worried about faiths in mainland China.

"In the past, official tolerance for religious considered to be traditionally Chinese, such Buddhism and Taoism, has been greater than that for Christianity," it said.

However, "as these non-western faiths have grown rapidly in recent years, there were signs of greater government concern and new restrictions, especially with syncretic sects", it said.

As one example, the report released on Thursday noted that in July Beijing banned the Falun Gong spiritual movement and detained thousands of adherents.

The spokesman flatly rejected the accusation.

"Falun Gong is not a religious organization," he said.

"It steals Buddhist, Taoist and Christian terms," he said. "It possesses the characteristics of religious cult."

The movement --- a mishmash of breathing exercises, meditation, Buddhism and Taoism --- claims 100 million members, but the government says two million is a more accurate figure.

Its leader, Li Hongzhi, lives in exile in the United States, which has rejected mainland Chinese demands to repatriate him.

Taiwan has the same fate as Falun Gong?

China said yesterday (Sep. 10, 1999) it held landing exercise with warplanes, ships and thousands of soldiers on its coast facing Taiwan this month in a warning to the island's leaders not to "separate the motherland," ...

Listening to PAPA talks? --- Jiang said that Wang will visit Taiwan only under two conditions.

TAIPEI, Sept. 10 ---
Taipei is still looking forward to a planned visit later this year by mainland China's top negotiator with Taiwan, although the prospects for such a visit are becoming less and less bright, a Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official said on Friday.

Taipei attaches great importance to the autumn visit by Wang Daohan, chairman of the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and hopes that through dialogue, the two sides can redress their differences in a peaceful manner, said MAC Vice Chairman Sheu Ke-sheng.

Sheu appealed to Beijing not to set any preconditions for Wang's visit, saying that this will create added barriers to the high-profile cross strait talks.

Sheu made the appeal noting comments made by mainland Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Australia this week.

Jiang said that Wang will visit Taiwan only under two conditions: President Lee Teng-hui publicly retracts his "special state-to-state relationship" theory, and Lee receives Wang in his capacity as chairman of the ruling Kumintang rather than as president.

Sheu said that when Koo Chen-fu, chairman of Taipei's Straits Exchange Foundation, visited Beijing and met with Jiang and other mainland Chinese leaders last October, Taipei did not set any preconditions for the visit.

Sheu stressed that Lee's "special state-to-state relationship" theory is only an affirmation of a long-existing reality, and that his remarks were mainly aimed at redefining cross-strait relations so as to ensure parity for the planned talks between Koo and Wang in Taipei.

The U.S. and China have still not reached an agreement over compensation for losses resulting from the embassy bombing, and China must overcome its differences with the U.S. over WTO accession issues. In addition, if the U.N. wants to send permanent peace-keeping forces to East Timor, it is rumored China will use its veto power. But on these two issues, China's response has remained tame compared with its toward President Lee's "state-to-state" pronouncements. Taiwan must prepare for the fact that China may attempt to use such issues against Taiwan's interests.

While Taiwan prefers not to play the role of troublemaker at such economic forums and has tried to avoid heightening the furor over the "state-to-state" issue, China's strident tone and confrontational manner in dealing with the issue have forced Taiwan to respond. In its relations with China and the U.S., Taiwan has always struggled to find breathing space, since it depends on the U.S. to oppose China. Yet Taiwan must counter any tendency by the U.S. to sacrifice Taiwan's interests as it seeks closer relations with China. Thus, as the world watches the APEC summit unfold, Taiwan must avoid sacrificing its dignity or its status in response to China's attacks or pressure from the U.S.. Instead, it should take the offensive and openly proclaim the concept of Taiwan as a state on an equal footing with China.

In our view, we believe people everywhere in mainland China or Taiwan love political democratization and the market economy because this makes the country grow and they can enjoy better living conditions.

In the eyes of these mainland China's leaders, ROC in Taiwan does not exist. They regarded neither for democracy nor for the law of international discipline, guided by their nationalism, weapons, and hegemony. They do as they please. If such conduct is allowed to continue, the future of Asia is indeed full of danger.

Although mainland China revealed better economic reform, who share with us a culture of a common origin, reviewing China's history and looking forward to her future. We don't long see danger in her path but fear the outcome of war.

They are so blind to facts as vainly to hope that democratic Taiwan might accept their outrageous terms, and on the other hand, they rely on their cunning to achieve some tour-de-force and to benefit by hood winking the world. They believe that force can dominate this world.

How can we be made to yield by threats and abandon our stand?

We support East Timorese for their wills to build new democratic country, and believe democratic Taiwan can against the aggressive from communist China. Following the spirit of democracy, we have relied on this spirit to resist invasion, we have depend on this spirit to resist all forms of domination, force and violence.

We wanted to help other countries to restore order in a democratic way, and offer it as a contribution toward enduring world peace. Democratic Taiwan is not willing to violate pacts or break faith and thus destroy the righteous principles governing the relations of mankind.

But, in our world, communist China isolated Taiwan political cavity. They play "international law" as a game of evil, that violate justice or break vow and destroy the righteous principles of our world.

Taiwan, a small island, is an abider of righteousness and justice. Taiwan needs your support. The "special state-to-state" is telling the truth, that both sides of Chinese are equal, over political status.