Essay About Threat Of China And Diplomatic White Paper

Taiwan
Essay title: Taiwan
For centuries, Taiwan has been ruled by alien regimes. Modern Taiwanese
history is a chronicle of the Taiwanese struggles against oppression and
fight for independent survival. Since 1945, Taiwan under the Kuomintang
(KMT) regime has been subject to the threat of Chinas invasion. Even
though recently the tensions across the Straits of Taiwan has loosened
gradually, to Taiwanese, the unification policy stressed by both the KMT
regime and the Chinese government still poses a grave danger of a forced
and forcible merger with China.
On August 31, 1993, the Peoples Republic of China issued a
document titled, “The Taiwan Question and the Reunification of China.”
Circulating in seven languages, this diplomatic white paper manifested its
intent and ambition of annexing Taiwan through its distortion of history,
misconstruction of international law and treaties, and disregard for the
will and welfare of the Taiwanese. Though less dogmatic and more pragmatic
than before, the KMTs response remains ambiguous and problematic: the KMT
still insists that the Communist regime cannot legitimately represent
China, while emphasizing its own capability of resolving this “Chinese
problem” eventually. Under such circumstances, we think it necessary to
explicate our point of view from the perspective of the Taiwanese.
China released a paper that states that “Peaceful Unification” and
“One Country, Two Systems” are the basic principles of its Taiwan policy.
The paper lists four guidelines: one China, coexistence of two systems,
extensive autonomy, and peaceful negotiation. China warns that the Taiwan
question is a purely domestic issue and thus to be solved under the
premise of “One China.” It further pronounces that peaceful unification is
a fixed policy of the Chinese government. However, this government will
reserve the right to take all action necessary, including military action,
to protect its territorial integrity and governing authority. As a note
directed at foreign states, the paper delivers its intention to keep out
foreign intervention. “The Chinese government is not obliged to any
foreign country and makes no promise whatsoever.”
In our opinion, the Chinese assumption and interpretation of the
Taiwan issue are extremely absurd. Taiwan by no means is a part of the
Peoples Republic of China, whether from the perspective of history,
international law, or reality. This being the case, what position does the
PRC have to formulate the “peaceful unification, one China” policy which
aims at devouring Taiwan? Chinas chauvinistic ambitions are clearly
manifested in light of this.
The paper further contends that the status quo, i.e. separation,
is most unfortunate to the Chinese people; every Chinese yearns for this
grievous separation to end. This is one-sided and biased. The Chinese
administration should know better that its adversary is the KMT, not the
Taiwanese. If it were not for the KMTs defeat by the communists, Taiwan
would not have been subjugated to the KMTs reign of terror for over forty
years – most unfortunate to the Taiwanese. Furthermore, if China takes
notice of the humiliation the Taiwanese feel under the KMTs colonial