Re: [A-List] Jim Craven on Taiwan

[Xenon Zi-Neng Yuan <wenhuadageming@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:00 PM 3/9/2005, Jim Craven (forwarded by Louis Proyect) wrote:
> What if those ex-Confederate scum, operating as stooges for foreign powers
> bent on destroying the system of the U.S., had managed to set up their own
> government in Florida, and claim, on the one hand, not to be a part of the
> U.S. and yet also make the contradictory claim to be the sole and
> "legitimate" representatives of all of the U.S.?

just as a quick clarification, the groups on taiwan claiming to be
"legitimate" representatives of china are generally NOT the same as those
calling for taiwanese independence or "nationhood".  in fact, the former
position doesn't really even have any currency anymore.  most KMT and PFP
supporters today don't try to claim representation for the mainland
anymore, plus they have generally never tried to advocate a separate
"taiwanese" national identity, except in the awkward case of former
president li teng-hui.  it is the currently ruling DPP and its allies who
are the "minan-ization" (taiwan "national" identity) advocates, and in turn
are trying to distance themselves from mainland china.

henry liu had a series on us-china relations, much of it dealing with taiwan:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/others/quest-peace.html