Milwaukee Journal Sentinelthat  

March 12, 2005
 
U.S. should oppose anti-secession law

China's so-called anti-secession law is being drafted with the aims of seeking to arbitrate Taiwan's policy-making and dictate Taiwan affairs
as a domestic issue of China ("Restless Taiwan, rural poverty are key issues for Chinese lawmakers," March 6). This renders this "law"
illegitimate because Taiwan is a self-governed democratic country and has never been a part of the People's Republic of China. The framework
of this law is to lay a legal base to attack Taiwan if Taiwan declares de jure independence. In light of China's announced huge increase in
its military budget and its constant threat of war against Taiwan, the enactment of this dictator-style legislation will without a doubt
unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and seriously endanger the peace and stability in the Pacific region, which is in
the political, security and economic interests of the United States.

As a great nation that pledges to encourage and protect democracy and freedom around the world, the U.S. should strongly oppose this
extremely provocative anti-secession legislation of the People's Republic of China and reaffirm the U.S. policy that the future of Taiwan should be resolved by peaceful means and with the consent of the people of Taiwan.

Grace Tseng, New Berlin