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Dear Member of Congress:
On December 29, 2004 the Standing Committee
of the Chinese National People’s Congress voted to submit a new
Anti-Secession Law to the full Congress (which will convene on March
5, 2005.) The law mandates a military attack on Taiwan if Taiwan
formally declares independence. The law echoes the provisions of a
Defense Policy White Paper that Beijing released two days earlier in
which it threatens to “crush” Taiwan if the island declares
independence, and that it is the “sacred responsibility” of the PRC
army to stop Taiwan from “splitting the country.”
On February 17, Rep. Chabot introduced
HCR70 concluding that: “the Government of the United States should
strongly oppose the anti-secession legislation of the People’s
Republic of China, as it will alter the status quo in the region,
and thus is a grave concern to the United States.”
I write to you today to ask that you contact
Kevin Fitzpatrick at 5-2216 to become a co-sponsor of this important
resolution.
China’s Anti-Secession Law not only
constitutes an extremely provocative move which will heighten the
already tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, it also directly
challenges current US policy that there should be no unilateral
attempt to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and that the
cross-Strait relationship should be determined by peaceful means.
If you have any questions, feel free to
contact me or call the Formosan Association for Public Affairs
(FAPA) at 202-547-3686 or visit www.fapa.org.
Thank you very much for your support of
Taiwan.
Sincerely yours,
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