Taiwan is independent

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The Taipei Times and other newspapers reported that James Soong emphatically stressed in a speech on Sunday to Taiwanese businessmen in Shanghai that "Taiwan independence" is not a choice (or option) for Taiwan.

The next day, President Chen Shui-bian (???), during a TV interview, criticized Soong, saying, "You can oppose Taiwan independence, but you can't say Taiwan independence is not one of the choices." This debate about whether "Taiwan independence" is or isn't a choice sounds to me like debating whether we have a choice to build the Shihmen Reservoir. This, obviously, isn't a choice, because the reservoir is already there. It's a fact. Taiwan independence is also an indisputable fact, already realized. Taiwan is not ruled by Beijing, or anybody else outside Taiwan for that matter. It is ruled -- now -- by its people, who regularly elect their president and legislature in accordance with a democratic constitution.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/05/12/2003254423

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1. May it stay democratic

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2. Before the NeoNaziRepublicans invaded Iraq, I'd say they had a good

chance but now all Governments of the Earth have the authority to murder/slaughter millions of humans for any reason they choose.

The only thing that can save TW is if President Chen order secret construction of offensive nuclear missiles the same as Israel has.

And it's not like Taiwanese don't have the knowledge. I'd say 30% of America's scientist are Taiwanese.

It just gets me how facts of history are not published. Formosa was invaded. They have nothing to do with China except that the invaders were from Mainland China. With that logic Iraq should be America's 51's state. Oops, now I see what's going on in China!