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2006-07-16
Taiwan's (irrational) Fear of China
To all of the Westerners out there who are sure that they "know" the truth about China and Taiwan, perhaps you should read the Associated Press article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051028/ap_on_re_eu/taiwan_china_tourism
Here are three brief quotes:
"Earlier this year, China dusted off a proposal to expand the number of its tourists visiting Taiwan to 360,000 a year — more than 10 times the current level."
"At the time Taiwan spurned the offer, saying it needed further study. But for any decision to take effect, Taiwan's government will have to agree to opening its doors to the visitors."
"Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. While there were more than one million Taiwanese visits to the mainland in 2004, visits by Chinese to Taiwan have been severely limited, ostensibly because of Taiwanese concerns over potential spies or saboteurs."
Taiwan's leader (Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) isn't afraid of China's military, he's actually afraid of China's people. China, of course, has no such fear of its citizens from Taiwan Province. More than a million Chinese come from Taiwan to the mainland each year.
Is it possible, just maybe, that Chen knows that when the door opens both ways, it will be the end of his little kingdom? Chinese people, on both sides of the straights, want peace, harmony, and further integration. This is, after all, the Chinese way.
To summarize, China wants MORE OPENNESS with Taiwan, MORE EXCHANGES of its citizens, resulting in MORE RELATIONSHIPS between average citizens, and Taiwan's leaders are AGAINST this.
China today (and I do mean the CCP) is far more "representative" of her people than Chen is of his.
I have to state clearly, the CCP isn't perfect. NOBODY is. But the CCP is growing, reaching out, changing. That is the very definition of life (including the imperfections.) Chen's party in Taiwan is opposite.
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