Condemn the mantra:two sides split amid civil war

Taiwanese need to get angry with and openly condemn this idiotic mantra of the press [highlighted in yellow] that so obviously contradicts the historical facts.

Democracy watchdog says China fails to enact democratic reforms in 2008

By DEBBY WU |Associated Press Writer

1:00 AM CST, January 13, 2009

... Tuesday was the first time Freedom House publicized its annual report in Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory despite the fact the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.

Taiwan president nixes Dalai Lama visit
The Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's president on Wednesday ruled out a visit to his island by the Dalai Lama, a gesture likely to please rival China, and give new impetus to rapidly improving relations across the volatile Taiwan Strait.

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Those agreements include the initiation of direct flights and shipping across the 100-mile- (160-kilometer-) wide Taiwan Strait, and the resumption of postal links, broken nearly 60 years ago when the two sides split amid civil war.

Taiwan and Tibet share similar histories. Both are territories that Beijing believes should be under its rule. Despite a failed 1959 uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into exile, China controls Tibet and has refused the Tibetan religious leader's demand for greater autonomy.

Here is a letter Dr. Taitzer Wang wrote DEBBY WU, the Associated Press writer.

Dear Ms. Debby Wu:

In your nice report of 1/18 "Democracy Watchdog Says China Fails to Enact Democratic Reforms in 2008" you state "Tuesday was the first time Freedom House publicized its annual report in Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory despite the fact the two sides split amid civil war in 1949."

I'd like to point out that it has unfortunately and widely been misunderstood that Taiwan and China were involved Chinese Civil war and split in 1949 as you state. It is not so. The fact is that during the Chinese civil war in the first half of 1900s, Taiwan belonged to Japan from 1895 to 1945. The misunderstanding was due to the fact that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists, defeated by Mao Zedong's Communists, was asked by General Douglas MacCarthur, WWII Pacific Commander-in-Chief of Allied Powers, to occupy Taiwan after Japan had left in 1945. Chiang swiftly changed the name of Taiwan to "Province of China". Hence the confusion.

I lived through this period of time when I was little. In WWII, Taiwan was bombed by US B29 and other bombers. Thus, it is clear that Taiwan had nothing to do with the Chinese civil war, which took place between Chiang's nationalists and Mao's communists. The historical account can be Googled under the title of "History of Taiwan".

I hope that reporters will not perpetuate the mistaken history of Taiwan, in particular it's relation with China.

Sincerely,

Taitzer Wang 1/18

How does the mantra that has not an ounce of truth comes into existence? The answer is simple: China believes that if it keeps on telling the same lie, it may be accepted as truth. The mantra shows the effectiveness of the strategy. But as Dr. Wang pointed out, it takes a thinking man just seconds to find the truth by googling.

Where do Taiwanese go: A discussion

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CP Yeh started the thread by providing 邱垂亮's 作不成的第三勢力台灣夢

JC Han commented that he was particularly impressed by

●中國黨和台灣黨，生死之戰

　不過，假如他們真能胸襟如海納入百川，與蔡英文的民進黨、黃昆輝的台聯、民進黨四天王、一大群獨派大老、綠色政經社會菁英、野草莓運動的年輕人，以及其他愛台灣的千萬台灣人民整合起來，團結一致，眾志成城，對抗統派的馬英九和中國黨及欺負台灣夠夠的專制中國，三年後把馬英九拉下馬，把中國國民黨掃入歷史垃圾堆，一定民主政治可能。

　中國黨和台灣黨，敵我矛盾，壁壘分明，生死之戰，燒及眉頭。民主或專制、文爭或武鬥，選擇空間越來越小。等到一天，一夜醒來發覺五星紅旗已插遍全台灣，就太晚了。2300萬台灣人民都在看、在等，人要做，才會天佑台灣。

S Liao:

邱垂亮's article is great for many to read, consider, and even put in practice to defeat Nazi-KMT !!

蔡丁貴:

只有台灣人民團結起來，這一些政治人物才會整合起來。
想一想，有什麼辦法可以鼓舞台灣人民團結起來！
至少NATPA與TAUP 及TTA先要團結起來。
想一想，自己如何努力讓台灣團結起來！
大家不要只是期待別人團結起來！
放棄自己的利益，才有團結的機會！

王泰澤:

有關團結，我在 AURORA 發表過的文章，每次總是這樣想：民進黨先要帶頭下鄉親民，贏得選票，拿回政權，然後施展執政能力，贏得民心，這才是各方團結的條件。

我過去三年，每年回台灣一個月，憑個人交情，設法到處演講十場，為甚麼民進黨不能動員台灣各地的民進黨員在各地經常舉行演講會？為甚麼反而只關心國民黨的惡政，論長論短，自我浪費時間？這樣的論述能力，未免太被動，太負面；在這種氣氛籠罩下，民眾聽不到民進黨本身的正面作為。

李登輝，施明德等等，甚麼第三勢力，對下次政黨輪替來說，絕對是空談。目前存在的第二勢力不發揮，寄望自己「做頭」的第三勢力後，難道不會再有別人想要「做頭」的第四勢力？長夜漫漫何時了？

邱垂亮寫文章，同樣主張台灣政治檯上要人，都要在民進黨旗下努力，才有作為。這有其現實道理。他的這一段文字如下：

「要團結，現實主義地看，非團結在民進黨裡面不可。我是台聯、不是民進黨黨員。我認為，台聯應與民進黨合併，要搞第三勢力的台灣派也應進入民進黨，在黨內打拼、改革、團結，形成有實力、有作為的反對黨，反對、抗拒中國黨，在下次縣市長、立委、總統大選中一舉把馬英九、中國黨打倒、推翻，才是大開大闊的民主政黨政治的大有作為。」

蔡丁貴:

現階段的確要以民進黨的組織作為為團結的基礎，不要妄想組織第三勢力。沒有參加政黨的民眾最多，應該稱之為「第一勢力」。台灣的問題就是「中國併吞」與「台灣自主」的敵我鬥爭，內部矛盾的問題都被「中國黨」拿來分化第一勢力及本土政黨。政治人物為了自己的私利，很容易上癮而操弄群眾。

支持民進黨的民眾必須先為台灣而團結，但不一定要加入民進黨（政治工作者要選舉，應該加入），也不要陷入政治人物的小圈圈，各個團體或個人應該在溝通協調機制下分工合作。只有這樣，民進黨（或協調產生的政治人物）才能贏得選舉，拿回政權。只有先贏得民心，才能贏得選舉。但是不會是相反的，先贏得選舉，才贏得民心。

任何個人或政黨都必須講出自己認同的價值，實踐自已的價值，提供實踐價值的方法，領導民眾實踐認同的價值，才能贏得民心，然後選舉才會勝利。中國黨的惡劣本質從來沒有改變，台灣派自己沒有進歩、甚至是退步，才是我們真正的瓶頸。

我與一些台灣獨立建國的社團與民眾會在立法院群賢樓的門口繼續靜坐抗爭，鍛鍊意志與決心，學習非暴力抗爭的方法與行動，希望可以擴大民眾參與「還我民權」運動，提升「住民自決」的意識與行動，提升台灣人的信心與行動力，可以幫助本土政黨營選舉。我個人認為，有扎實的社會力，才會有強有力的政黨。而不會是倒果為因。我們會以在立法院的抗爭作為社會運動的基礎，貢獻我們的力量，推廣我們相信的價值。