Stand Up for Taiwan:請支持台灣1

UN for Taiwan: 台灣加入聯合國

Taiwan is a sovereign nation of people living in a full fledging self-governed democracy. Taiwan's rapid achievements in human rights, press freedom and social freedom within the last two decades is not short of a political miracle, and is widely recognised internationally.

Yet under the false and manipulative and burgeoning claim over Taiwan's territorial sovereignty by the People's Republic of China, which Taiwan has never been (and, in my opinion, should never be) a part of, Taiwan's participation in international affairs has been largely affected and damaged.

The Taiwanese government and people are working hard to get Taiwan a seat on the United Nations. This is a basic and fundamental element of being an dignified and functional member of the international community.

If you stand on the side of human rights, political freedom, and justice - then please take your time to read more about the "UN for Taiwan" campaign and about Taiwan's unique history (which I will be adding to my blog in time), and write regularly to your foreign minister or head of state in support of our affirmation to statehood.

http://www.taiwanunme.tw/mp.asp?mp=1
http://www.taiwanunme.tw/ch/mp.asp?mp=1

Why Should Taiwan Join the UN?

Joining the UN is significant for Taiwan’s statehood and survival. As a recognized and equal member in the global arena, Taiwan’s sovereignty and national security can be protected under the auspices of the UN, and not be argued by People's Republic of China as its “internal affairs”. Taiwan and China will function as equal members in the international arena and not succumb to China’s threat of military take over because the international community can legitimately act as a watchdog.

Perhaps an even more important reason why Taiwan should be invited to join the UN is the right of participation as a functioning global citizen. UN is the most universal international organization in the world today. Citizens of UN nations enjoy a full range of rights and protections under UN’s various charters and declarations and agencies/ associations, whether it be security, disaster relief, social & economic development, health/disease control, environmental protection, science & technology etc etc, and also the opportunity to participate in UN’s assemblies, conferences and other forums that continue to further the well being of the world’s people by bringing the will and knowledge of the entire world together. Taiwan’s 23 million people are excluded from contributing to and benefiting from these incredibly vital and unmatchable empowering opportunities – WHY?

The PRC claims that it represents the Taiwanese people at the UN, which is completely untrue. Taiwan has never been under the PRC’s administrative control, and has never benefited under PRC’s membership to the UN, in fact, has suffered tremendously under its deliberate attempt to block Taiwan’s participation and membership to every international organization there is. With Taiwan not in the UN, its not only the Taiwanese who are missing out. UN misses out on what Taiwan can contribute.

Other helpful links

http://www.taiwandc.org/into-un.htm

http://unfortaiwan.org/

My Name's Taiwan:咱ㄟ名是台灣

We're Already Independent, Stupid! 笨蛋 -我們早就獨立了!
I thought I should clarify some terminology here. Although most people know about the movement to create a Taiwanese state as "the independence movement", Taiwan is in fact already an independent and sovereign territory. Taiwan does not need to become independent from the People's Republic of China (PRC), because it has never actually been part of the PRC. Therefore its not even a "secession" or "splittist" movement as they coin it in PRC - just like it would be absurd to get a divorce without even getting married at the first place. But generically, Taiwanese Independence is still widely known as the movement to establish a Taiwanese state free from any Chinese ties, whether it be the Repulic Of China (ROC) or the PRC.

Taiwan, unlike Tibet or Hong Kong or Macau, has every prerequisite of an independent nation. First of all, constitutional sovereignty over its territory (Taiwan main Island and its outlying Islands of Penghu, Jinmen & Matzu etc), a defence force which guards the security of the territory and its 23 million citizens, a governance structure based on democratic elections, a judiciary system to protect human rights, formal foreign diplomatic relationships, separate economy& currency etc etc. All of this is completely independent from and operational without the PRC's Beijing government.

Rectify Our Name 台灣正名
What the Taiwanese people are working on at the moment is asserting Taiwan's formal statehood by RECTIFYING Taiwan's name from ROC to Taiwan. The Kuomingtang (KMT) led ROC government has been occupying Taiwan since 1945 - and Taiwan has been forced to use ROC as a name, which has created a number of difficulties for Taiwan internationally (eg. UN & bilateral diplomatic relationships), because it implies that Taiwan wants to represent China or is a part of China, or that there are "two Chinas". No wonder China (PRC)'s pissed off!!

Therefore to get rid of these array of confusions as well as the PRC's misleading claim over the Taiwan's territory, we need to change our state's name formerly to Taiwan, from a "Chinese state" to a Taiwanese state. Simple as that.

Suggested Reading & Links

(more to come...)

Books

Roy, Denny (2003) Taiwan: A Political History, Cornell University Press.

Davidson, Gary Marvin (2003) A Short History of Taiwan: The Case for Independence, Greenwood Publishing Group.

Links

http://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1624.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan