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"One China"
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August 15, 2000 --- Even though Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian kept a low profile during his overnight stay here -- a result of U.S. fear of offending China -- he did meet with a congressman in his hotel room. Chen had a chat with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, who says he considers the Taiwan leader a personal friend before Chen left Monday for the Dominican Republic. "Let me stress that it was a personal meeting between friends and not an official meeting, Rohrabacher said. "It wasn't a heavy political discussion. I thought it really important that I pay respects to him on my home turf." August 10, 2000 --- In order for the United States to retain its role-model status as the world’s democratic leader, President Chen and his entourage should be permitted to enjoy the basic rights of freedom of speech and assembly,” Rohrabacher said. Washington, Aug. 17, 2000 --- A US newspaper on Thursday blasted the Clinton administration for keeping Republic of China President Chen Shui-bian's US stopover under wraps in deference to Beijing, calling it "Chinese interference in American internal affairs." Chen, who is currently on his 13-day, six-state "journey of friendship" to the Caribbean, Central America, and West Africa, had arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday for a 15-hour transit stop before traveling on to the Dominican Republic. The Washington Post criticized the US government for doing "everything it could" to keep the American public from knowing that the head of state from "one of Asia's most vibrant democracies" was in the country, for fear of upsetting mainland China. The paper went on to say that the administration even went as far as pressuring Chen to back out of a "private, unofficial reception" to be held in Los Angeles by a former congressional aide, to which five members of the US Congress were invited. The reception was canceled, and only one of the invited guests -- US Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) -- defied the administration to meet Chen in person at his hotel. The paper pointed out that "a quick meet-and-greet" between Chen and a few congressmen should not have been taken as something that would renege on the United States' long-standing "one China" policy. It questioned Beijing's right -- or that of any foreign government, for that matter -- to tell foreign visitors where they may go or US congressmen whom they may see, calling it a blatant example of "Chinese interference in American internal affairs." Chen, traveling at the head of a delegation of more than 200 ROC officials, business leaders and journalists, is scheduled to leave for Nicaragua on Thursday, after which he will travel to Costa Rica (Aug. 18-19), Gambia (Aug. 20-21), Burkina Faso (Aug. 21-23), and Chad (Aug. 23-25). We have known that Japan is Asia’s superpower and U.S. is world’s superpower. The new condition would change on Beijing’s military force. There are too many warnings to our world by Beijing authority, it warns Japan do not visit to war shrine, warns Washington over President Chen in LA, warns Clinton administration, warns congress, warns NMD, and said that if not bend over Beijing warning, so it will do something against Washington. Contrary to the Washington or Japan, it can not stand upon its dignity, following the master’s order without holding country’s insists, that had misunderstood by conciliation, despite of China’s threat. In our view; China should be warned by U.S. or Japan that Beijing’s warnings would be interfering with internal affair and damage country’s relationship. |
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