Britain opposes Taiwan's planned referendum on UN bid

Britain opposes Taiwan's planned referendum on UN bid

PERSEVERANCE for REUNIFICATION

The issue of reunification of China is not a conventional game of taking which sides of the "rivalry”, though it does help to make it clear in the international arena that what is advisable and feasible and what is not.

Reunification is a process of integration and resonation between two political entities of the same blood and bone (gu ru siang lian),which is forced to separate by history and political differences ,and no body should be blamed for that misfortunate befalls Zhonghua Mingzhu,if we were to look ahead and beyond history (zhao yee li shi)and are determined to resolve the backage of history, and are perseverance to stand the test of time to walk our own unique way of reunification by peaceful and democratic mean.

For one thing is crystal clear if we were to recreate history and avoid the pitfall of pressimism of history, international forum or diplomatic channel is the outer circumstances and atmosphere to be optimise to shape the fate, BUT the core of reunification is still glued to the attitude and positions and underlying values adopted by both shores of cross Straits communities, outsiders cannot help or meddle in!

The stand of international community on the issue of the planned referendum of Taiwan to join UN in the name of Taiwan reflects the reality that the bid is obviously neither feasible and workable, and somewhat the message of nature of "deadend political decision" are clearly written on the wall, may be viewed as "suicidal attempt"by DPP and Mr. Chen Sui Bian (if they still insisted to conduct the referendum post suffering heavy legislative election defeat).

To the writer, what is crucial from now till the presidential election in March, is a extra sensitive period to the Taiwanese, especially those who voted for KMT candidates during the legislative election, and KMT is viewed as the alternate political party which can make peace with mainland China ,according to understanding reached under "consensus 1992".As during this transitional period prior to the presidential election ,many new supporters of KMT especially ex-supporters of DPP are watchful and can interpreted their own ways the happenings as shrinking the survival of Taiwan in international arena or diplomatic domain, as high-handed ,suppressing to the negotiating position of Taiwan with mainland China.


Any wrong messages send to the peaceful reunification of China might not help the situation and might be a deterrent to jump start pre-negotiation of reunification.

On the contrary, the writer feel that this is the golden opportunity for mainland China to correct the misconception that she is suppressing the survival of Taiwan in international arena; The result of the legislative election is the first positive and strong indication that the stand of KMT on reunification issue is endorsed ,but there is long way to go, as anything can change for the "mandate" can be disturbed ,as the voters who supported reunification should not be penalised for the wrong doings by Mr.Bian mainly due to promoting referendum to join UN.

Perseverance and caution is the name of the game, as first hurdle is cleared now ;both sides required some space to take stock of the mandate and verdict of Taiwanese voters, as emphasised by president Hu that the ultimately the interest of 23 million Taiwan patriots are also taken in account for the great cause of reunification of China.