Attention Taiwan reporters of the mainstream media

Do consider this post and all the links to my previous post an important reference source when describing Taiwan’s current status, otherwise, your future report(s), if still using the ill-invented rhetoric of “Taiwan and China split amid civil war...”, you may face massive protest letters from readers in Taiwan.

The comment number 6 from A-gu (阿牛) left on the link below is quite good and short: http://lettersfromtaiwan.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-would-you-describe-taiwans-current.html

A-gu's updated version:

Taiwan and China's ruling parties claim sovereignty over each other's territory, while Taiwan's opposition stresses the island's de facto independence and right to self-determination.

A-gu commented:

Hopefully it's not TOO late, but here's what I'd go with:

Taiwan and China's ruling parties have both claimed to be the only legitimate government of China, while Taiwan's opposition acknowledges the island's de facto independence. (25 words)

and it would fit with a second line:

China threatens war if Taiwan seeks de jure independence.

22 June 2009 13:14

Allow me to put it together:

Taiwan and China's ruling parties have both claimed to be the only legitimate government of China, while Taiwan's opposition acknowledges the island's de facto independence. China threatens war if Taiwan seeks de jure independence. (34 words)

However, this statement is contingent upon which party is the ruling party, i.e., good for whenever the KMT is the ruling party in Taiwan, but bad when DPP was the ruling party in Taiwan. Besides, the first sentence did not quite explain to uninformed readers about what stance both parties take on Taiwan.

So, I will revise A-gu’s slightly as:

Both the KMT and the CCP have claimed to be the only legitimate government of China and Taiwan, while Taiwan’s de facto independence is threatened by China’s missiles whether the island seeks de jure independence or not. (37 words)

If necessary to expand, the following will do the job:

Both the KMT (controlling only Taiwan) and the CCP (controlling only China) have claimed to be the only legitimate government of China and Taiwan, while Taiwan’s de facto independence is threatened by China’s missiles whether the island seeks de jure independence or not.

My previous version gave the historical background as to why Taiwan is in today’s position:

While the will of the Taiwanese people is overlooked and the SFPT puts it in limbo, Taiwan’s status has been entangled with (or complicated by) the problem of who represents China (ROC or PRC) after the conclusion of China’s civil war, and is caused by the deployment of ROC’s KMT troops by Allied Forces after WWII in 1945.

My current revision gave the exact description of Taiwan’s situation now:

Both the KMT and the CCP have claimed to be the only legitimate government of China and Taiwan, while Taiwan’s de facto independence is threatened by China’s missiles whether the island seeks de jure independence or not.

And I will conclude this post by referring readers to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

There is no Taiwanese representation being considered so far in international politics when it comes to Taiwan’s status, politicians only consider the question of who represents China, the ROC or the PRC, and ignore the human rights of Taiwanese.

My earlier post discussed the issue of infringement of human rights. The temporary (which became extended) deployment of the ROC administration by the Allied Forces must come to a close, the KMT must return to its origin China now that there are no hostile relations between the KMT and the CCP.

The KMT party (a party registered in China) should participate in China’s elections and not in Taiwan’s elections.

The KMT’s properties (current and retroactive) must be confiscated and returned to the people of Taiwan, and Taiwan must be left to the people of Taiwan to form their own government. Failing this, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is but a piece of toilet paper.