From: echang@engin.umich.edu
Subject: Re: DATA: largest world economies
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 15:07:59 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: changhp@fijan.engin.umich.edu


In article <1992Dec12.060735.14898@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, shao@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SHAO CHUNG-SHANG) writes:

> >Yes.	  
> >	1) Should China invade Taiwan, any country can help
> >	   Taiwan without being intimidated by the accusation of interposing 		           internal affair of China.
> >	   (Well it is not an immediate benefit, but it is very important!)
> 
> quite questionable.  other countries' action will depend on their
> interpretations what the chinese internal affairs are, not our interpretation.

	Their interpretation will base on what they percieve.
The perception is mainly from Taiwan government and people of Taiwan. 
It is our goverment and citizen's job to show that we don't represent China;
we represent Taiwan.  We want China to leave us alone.
We need international friends to help us not only in the invasion but also
in joining the international society.

> >	2) Many countries can develop diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
> >	   It is essentially more effective and practical to protect your
> >          citizens and assets in a country with formal diplomatic relation. 

> do you think they will accept taiwan as a name of a country?  no, i don't
> think so.  if they can accept taiwan as a name of country, they can accept
> roc right now.  remember that we now accept to establish relations with other
> countries even they want to keep their relation with mainland.  the key
> point is most of the countries use the mainland's interpretation instead of
> any others', yours or mine.
>
	Everyone knows there is only one China, PRC. 
	The key is both ROC and PRC use the name China, and there is only
one China.   Again, the interpretation of other countries are based on their perception of Taiwan.  It was Taiwan government that gave wrong preception that
we wanted to represent China.  The fact is we represent Taiwan! 
Nothing more nothing less.

The use of ROC gives wrong intrepretation and confuses the international society.

> >	3) Taiwan can joint the international society under her own name;
> >	   Her citizens' passports don't have to bear the name Republic of 
> >           China, which they don't represent.	          
> 
> by the way, the people don't represent the name, but the name does
> represent the people.  

	Ask your American friends if they perceive you as a citizen 
from Taiwan, or ROC in your case.  That's what "represent" means.
Olympic atheletes are all proud of "representing" their own countries.

> so, you may argue that if we change the name from roc to taiwan, the new
> name may serve us better than another name.  my point is i don't think
> the new can serve us or present us better than roc.  in fact, i think
> any new name will serve us worse than the present name - roc.

	How do you feel when our Olympic baseball team got a sliver medal,
and the flag you saw was not representing us?  How I wished people around the
world at that time could've known without confusion that it was a team came 
from TAIWAN!!!

Xref: sparky soc.culture.taiwan:16084 soc.culture.china:32448