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Updated Friday, October 16, 2009 9:21 am TWN, The China Post news staff It is unnecessary for GIO to consult scholarsThe People's Republic celebrated its October 1 National Day by parading its long-range missiles that could carry nuclear warheads for the first time at the beginning of this month. Charges in writing were filed by the opposition party immediately after the celebrations had been completed. It claimed the electronic media did live coverage of the show of muscle on the part of the People's Liberation Army to threaten our people. On receipt of the complaint, the GIO called a meeting of professors of journalism specializing in freedom of the press, where they unanimously decided that there was nothing wrong with the TV coverage of the military parade in Beijing. It's a foregone conclusion, of course. As a matter of fact, the opposition party complained for complaint's sake. Everybody knows China has deployed more than 1,000 cruise missiles along its southeastern coast, all targeting Taiwan. They pose a threat to Taiwan's national security. But the long-range missiles displayed in Beijing on October 1 have an intercontinental range. They can hurl nuclear bombs over the United States, the only country in the world that makes a strategically ambiguous promise to come to Taiwan's assistance if the island were ever attacked. The purpose of the show in Beijing was to warn against possible American intervention if and when hostilities broke out across the Taiwan Strait. Chinese missiles can hit U.S. aircraft carriers that may rush to waters near the Strait to help neutralize it, just as President Bill Clinton sent two carrier battle groups in 1996 to ensure Taiwan made Lee Teng-hui the Republic of China's first popularly elected president. On the other hand, neither Kuomintang nor Democratic Progressive Party leaders believe Beijing will ever unleash its People's Liberation Army for an invasion of Taiwan, albeit it is codified in an anti-secession law of 2005. In point of fact, those opposition leaders who complained against Beijing's saber-rattling against Taiwan this time around have been strongly arguing for much reduced arms purchases from the United States in the conviction that the Chinese on the mainland of China won't fight the Chinese on the island across the Strait. The opposition is deadly opposed to China, in public at least. It is against anything that has something to do with China, for it claims Taiwanese are not Chinese. After Mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Chu and her fellow opposition leaders failed to invite Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uighur Congress, to come to Taiwan, the opposition party is trying to get Lee Hongzhi, founder of the Falungong, now exiled in the United States, to visit Taipei to give the Kuomintang administration some more embarrassment. Beijing places Falungong faithful under strict control, regarding Lee as an agitator for a rebellion rather than a religious leader, like the Dalai Lama who just made a prayer tour of Taiwan last month. DPP leaders certainly would complain vehemently against Taipei's failure to uphold freedom of worship, if Lee's visit were rejected. The GIO must be well prepared for that DPP move. Subscribe to The China Post and save 25%. Click here Comments |
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i) Up to now, Taiwan is amongst the greatest contributor of foreign direct investment, top-tier mangers, entrepreneurs, area in science technology etc. etc.
ii) the culture of China and Taiwan bore much similarities
iii) War would only cost losses for both Taiwan and China - great losses - both in human capital, infrastructure and brains.
iv) China would lose goodwill in the eye of the world
However China reserves this right in the event that Taiwan declares her independence. Any country worth its salt would do what China will do. Ask America whether she would war against potential secessionist States if they declare independence say California or New Jersey from US? If American doesn't then it will use the CIA and other bodies to cause sabotage including perhaps liquidation of potential leaders of these groups.
So it would be naive to think that just because the major numbers of population in that area want independence, then independence will be granted to them. If it were true, then Australia would have broken into pieces long ago!!!!
Further put democracy as the high moral grounds to attack China improving human rights records. In fact up to mid 1990's Taiwan human rights record stinks compare to China, so much so that the Taiwanese military in fact even contracted with gangster to kill potential rival and journalist who holds a opposing view than what the Taiwanese view. Even Red China did not do so - the only recourse for them is to sent these people to the gulag!