Dear Mr. Kofi A. Annan,
　 　Mr. Secretary-General George Robertson,
　　 Mr. Trent Lott,
　　 Mr. Denny Hastert,

The people of the PRC and ROC are Chinese, but the PRC's performance is incredibly worse than any neighboring countries. It ignores the humanitarian needs of Taiwan arrogantly. PRC's dream to united people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is unreachable. Taiwan independence is not powered by Taiwan, but pushed by the insensitive communist China.

From the Taiwan point of view, a potent mixture of feelings is evoked by the October 1 celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China. For the two nations of facing each other across the strait, efforts toward mutual cooperation ought to be the natural course of events, and we offer our best wishes for China in winning greater prosperity, progress and the respect of people all over the world.

In 1949, the PRC was founded on the mainland as the Republic of China was driven to Taiwan. China asserts categorically that it should control Taiwan, a position made clear through rhetoric and threats of military action.

In occasion of the PRC's 50th birthday is a time for a fair and objective appraisal of its record. Overall, the most striking events of the last 50 years have been the wrongful deaths of millions of innocents, mass starvation and executions as the original vision behind its founding became twisted and warped. Today, China is still struggling with its efforts at modernization.

On the basis of the following three criteria, the successes and failures of a nation or a government may be judged:
The ideals behind its founding: In the preamble to the Chinese constitution, we can see that its founding was based on the vision of establishing "a highly civilized and democratic socialist nation." Yet today's China not only is anti-democratic but also long ago subverted its own socialist ideals. And as far as being highly civilized is concerned, the rest of the world only sees China moving backward with its abysmal human rights record. Who respects China? In this area, China gets a failing grade.

On the send criterion, the welfare of the people, we can see only negative progress. China still lacks freedom of speech and religion. Party cadres and the military brass reign above, while money and the search for personal gratification have taken over civil society. The gap between rich and poor has grown, and as high-level party cadres become the newly privileged class, the stage is set for further class tensions. On this count, we give China a score of minus ten.

The third criterion is the promotion of regional stability and world peace. With its threats against Taiwan, troop movements in the South China Sea and active military buildup, China ranks as a regional bully and a destroyer of peace. Here also, the score we give China is minus ten.

Our forebears would certainly be ashamed if they knew what has become of China. Following so many years of suffering in China, even overseas Chinese find it difficult to feel any pride. This anniversary is one which would be best left uncelebrated.

Using harsh language Zhu Rongji mainland Chinese Premier surprised a gathering of top foreign business executive by saying U.S. policies had encouraged Lee (ROC, President) to declare in July the island would only deal with Beijing as a political equal.

"Sooner or later it will lead to an armed resolution of the question because the Chinese people will become impatient," one participant quoted Zhu as saying (Sept. 30, 1999).

Mainland Chinese leaders, including President Jiang Zemin, have said, repeatedly that Beijing reserves the right to use force to prevent the island from formally breaking away that following the crisis of earthquaked Taiwan. Jiang recited again the statement.

Row slows ROC investments in mainland.

TAIPEI, Sept. 30 ---
Taiwan said on Thursday its indirect investment approvals in mainland China dropped significantly in the first eight months of 1999 as a political spat between Taipei and Beijing chilled local desire to invest.

The Investment Commission said it approved 311 investment projects between January and August, a 33 percent decline compared to the same 1998 period.

The dollar amount of approved mainland-bound projects, at US$653 million, was down 41.6 percent from the same 1998 period.

The commission attributed the decline to Taiwan-China tensions and a worsening investment climate on the mainland, where economic growth, though brisk by global standards, has been slowing.

"The mainland's drastic reaction to the two-state theory forces Taiwan investors to be wary and adopt a wait-and-see attitude," the commission said in a statement.

Fresh tensions broke out in July when President Lee Teng-hui called for ties between the two sides to be considered "special state-to-state", in a move seen by Beijing as a push for outright independence.

Mainland China has responded with regular reports from its propaganda machine of military drills and troop preparations.

The commission said Beijing's imposition of an export tax, its tightening of foreign-exchange controls and a large-scale investigation of tax declarations targeting Taiwan investors also hurt investment willingness.

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