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Taiwan is a province of China, just not the PRC - The China Post
By C.C. Hsu
December 26, 2012, 12:04 am TWN
I am very disturbed by the R.O.C.'s Foreign Ministry and specifically the Foreign Minister's criticism of Chang Liang-yi, a student elected as a youth liaison with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, who listed his place of origin as Taiwan, Province of China. I strongly suggest our foreign minister and his entire ministry familiarize themselves with the Constitution of the Republic of China, the Constitution they are supposed to defend, before they start criticizing a citizen they are supposed to serve.
The R.O.C. Constitution states clearly and unequivocally that Taiwan is a Province of China so what did student Chang Liang-yi do that was wrong? The portion of our Constitution relating to our national territory, which includes all of the mainland and Taiwan, has never been changed. Even during the eight years of the DDP administration of Chen Shui-bien, these clauses were never touched.
I frequently attend international conferences and I never hesitate to list my place of origin as Taiwan, China or Taiwan, Province of China. I would never list my place or origin as Taiwan, People's Republic of China, and I have never been asked to do that even at conferences in mainland China.
I can imagine that in the coming days there may be some people who would criticize my letter on the basis that the vast majority of the countries in the world recognize the People's Republic of China as the legal government of China and very few countries recognize the Republic of China as the legal government of China.
That is certainly true, but I would point out that the vast majority of the countries that have diplomatic relations with the Beijing government, at the time they established relations, almost invariably also recognized Taiwan as a part of the People's Republic of China. Even the U.S. at the time it set up official relations with Beijing acknowledged that there is only one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.
So how does using the singular name Taiwan indicate separate sovereignty on the international stage?
So to student Chang Liang-yi: you did absolutely nothing wrong at all.
It is the Foreign Minister that is wrong! Congratulations on being elected as a youth liaison with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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When mainland China and Taiwan united, there will be China, just China.
By C.C. Hsu
December 26, 2012, 12:04 am TWN
I am very disturbed by the R.O.C.'s Foreign Ministry and specifically the Foreign Minister's criticism of Chang Liang-yi, a student elected as a youth liaison with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, who listed his place of origin as Taiwan, Province of China. I strongly suggest our foreign minister and his entire ministry familiarize themselves with the Constitution of the Republic of China, the Constitution they are supposed to defend, before they start criticizing a citizen they are supposed to serve.
The R.O.C. Constitution states clearly and unequivocally that Taiwan is a Province of China so what did student Chang Liang-yi do that was wrong? The portion of our Constitution relating to our national territory, which includes all of the mainland and Taiwan, has never been changed. Even during the eight years of the DDP administration of Chen Shui-bien, these clauses were never touched.
I frequently attend international conferences and I never hesitate to list my place of origin as Taiwan, China or Taiwan, Province of China. I would never list my place or origin as Taiwan, People's Republic of China, and I have never been asked to do that even at conferences in mainland China.
I can imagine that in the coming days there may be some people who would criticize my letter on the basis that the vast majority of the countries in the world recognize the People's Republic of China as the legal government of China and very few countries recognize the Republic of China as the legal government of China.
That is certainly true, but I would point out that the vast majority of the countries that have diplomatic relations with the Beijing government, at the time they established relations, almost invariably also recognized Taiwan as a part of the People's Republic of China. Even the U.S. at the time it set up official relations with Beijing acknowledged that there is only one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.
So how does using the singular name Taiwan indicate separate sovereignty on the international stage?
So to student Chang Liang-yi: you did absolutely nothing wrong at all.
It is the Foreign Minister that is wrong! Congratulations on being elected as a youth liaison with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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When mainland China and Taiwan united, there will be China, just China.
