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Countering the "One China" Offense Lung-chu Chen The Chen Shui-bian administration has fully expressed, before and after the inauguration, its good will toward China, but China has been slow in responding in kind. China continues to insist that Taiwan accept "the one China principle" before any talk. According to China's syllogism, "the one China principle" means the following: There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China; People's Republic of China is the only lawful government of China, therefore, Taiwan belongs to the People's Republic of China. This line of reasoning is contrary to facts, and thus the government and people of Taiwan cannot and will not accept it. Is there any difference between "One China each according to its own interpretation" and "Each expresses its one China"? I'm afraid there is more play of words than substance. The so-called 1992 consensus, controversial as it is, means there is no consensus. More play of words will generate more confusion within Taiwan, which will be further exploited by China. Manipulating the word game to confuse and conquer Taiwan (Republic of China) is part of Beijing's strategy. China seeks to generate enough contradictions
within Taiwan, destroy enemies one by one, divide and conquer. For them,
if this can be achieved without recourse to soldiers and weapons, so much
the better. In order to keep away from the "one China"
trap, the Taiwanese people must abandon the confusing play of words and
return to face the reality. What is the reality? Taiwan, China, one side
one country! ¡@ |