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please write Reuters and educate them about Taiwan's history!!
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Subject: Taiwan was never part of communist China
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Thousands march in Taiwan ahead of doomed U.N. bid
By Ralph Jennings Sat Sep 15, 6:39 AM ET
Mr Jennings wrote
" since the island broke away from Mao Zedong's Communists after
civil war in 1949."
Taiwan has never been part of communist China. The KMT, known as the
Nationalist party back in 1949, fled from the Communists and took
over the island of Taiwan.
Please educate your reporters about Taiwan. I would be happy to have
a Legislator from Taiwan contact you if you need a briefing.
Sincerely,
Taiwanese-American
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" since the island broke away from Mao Zedong's Communists after
civil war in 1949."
perhaps someone should write in a correct their understanding of
history?
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Thousands march in Taiwan ahead of doomed U.N. bid
By Ralph Jennings Sat Sep 15, 6:39 AM ET
TAIPEI (Reuters) - About 250,000 people demonstrated in two Taiwan
cities on Saturday to back the island's doomed efforts at securing
United Nations membership, a move condemned by rival Beijing and
rejected by ally Washington.
Some 150,000 people, including President Chen Shui-bian, marched
through the southern port city of Kaohsiung in pro-U.N. green shirts
and waving flags. Political opposition forces in Taichung meanwhile
marshaled at least 100,000 people.
"The biggest thing is for the United Nations and the United States to
notice that this U.N. effort is not just something Chen Shui-bian is
doing," said Kaohsiung demonstrator Wang Chun-kai, 35, a businessman
from the nearby city of Tainan.
Government officials say they know the U.N. bid will fail, prompting
speculation that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has
used it to solidify a long-term agenda of greater independence from
China by stirring anger at home.
The United Nations is expected to reject the bid on Tuesday.
"The U.N. bid, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with getting
into the U.N.," said Ralph Cossa, president of the U.S.-based think
tank Pacific Forum CSIS.
"I think it is mostly tied into the Taiwan identity issue and the
DPP's efforts to lock future administrations into this mindset."
The DPP plans to hold a referendum alongside Taiwan's presidential
election next March on whether the island should seek U.N. membership
as a new member under the name Taiwan.
The referendum, which has raised tensions between Taiwan and its key
ally the United States as Washington seeks better China ties, is
expected to pass if it makes the tough administrative grade of
qualifying for the ballot.
Foreign powers will note the referendum, if it passes, but not waiver
in their support for China, political analysts say.
China sounded off on Saturday. Shanghai, a likely target of Taiwan
missiles in the event of conflict, held a major air raid drill, a
sign China still views war as a possibility.
Repeated attempts by Taiwan to join the United Nations under its
formal title, the Republic of China, have failed in the past decade,
most recently in July. The United Nations ousted Taipei in favor of
Beijing in 1971.
China's status as a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council
means the island stands no chance of entry.
China has seen self-ruled, democratic Taiwan as part of its territory
rather than as a separate country since the island broke away from
Mao Zedong's Communists after civil war in 1949.
For Washington, now increasingly engaged with Beijing on economic and
regional security issues, the island is needlessly and dangerously
provoking China by pressing for U.N. membership.
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