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By Qin Gang
To the left is a map of Formosa in 1870. (click here) That waterway is the Formosa Strait. That was a long time ago and the island has become an autonomous state and is no longer called Formosa.
Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China’s territory for 1,800 years. In 1943, the leaders of China, the United States and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration (click here), which clearly states that all territories Japan stole from the Chinese, such as Taiwan, shall be restored to China. The Potsdam Declaration of 1945 affirmed that the terms of the Cairo Declaration would be carried out. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, recognized that the representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations....
Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China’s territory for 1,800 years. In 1943, the leaders of China, the United States and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration (click here), which clearly states that all territories Japan stole from the Chinese, such as Taiwan, shall be restored to China. The Potsdam Declaration of 1945 affirmed that the terms of the Cairo Declaration would be carried out. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, recognized that the representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations....
It appears the Chinese ambassador is stuck in the past. In 1943, Japan was a very different country. It was terrorizing the world and a peace agreement hadn't been reached. Japan surrendered September 2, 1945 which brought the end to World War II. To say the influence of this document is the current state of affairs in the world is ridiculous.
The Potsdam Declaration (click here) simply states the Cairo Declaration will stand and Japan would have limited possessions. The Potsdam Declaration turned the corner for Japan and removed the emperor and replaced it with a democratic government. The Potsdam Declaration clearly states it's understanding of democracy. Nowhere does it say that any land China claims can continue as a slave state to China. It states clearly the understanding that democratic principles will dominate Japan and in that relationships going forward with all other entities shall be governed by a government elected under democracy.
The UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 allows China to the United Nations, not Taiwan. As a matter of fact the history of Taiwan opposed being named Formosa. Formosa is a Portuguese name for the island at the time of past dynasties when the Chinese could not keep control of the island nation. Taiwan is the name of the island nation and it went back to being called Taiwan to regain it's identity and culture. Basically, no different than the past insults to native people in the USA, past Chinese dynasties attempted to change the culture completely. At one point, the Taiwan people would defeat landings of the Chinese as headhunters claiming the Chinese were the most desired by the native inhabitants. China never had control of Taiwan.
Pescadores means fisherman in Portuguese.
Formosa being a Portuguese reflects the relationship "The West" has always had with Taiwan. As a matter of fact, the Chinese allowed the Dutch to settle the island. The Dutch were then followed by the Spanish. The fact of the matter is the past documentations claimed by China to OWN Taiwan are highly insulting to the Taiwan nation of people as China as a sovereign power was never accurate in the REALITY of the island governance.
The Spaniards settled the island and would trade with The East from Taiwan. All during this time the dynasties within the Chinese borders of what can be called the mainland were at war chronically with turnovers in governance authority. China had no interest in Taiwan. AT ALL!
Taiwan was actually liberated from The West by the rejected dynasties of China. When a dynasty lost a war they went to Taiwan to live. The idea China actually has a claim to Taiwan is grossly misrepresented. China has no history with Taiwan as a possession. At the best it was a sovereign island where the rejected and defeated Chinese dynasties then set up Government of the Republic of China.
That Government of the Republic of China was a democracy consisting of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands that remained a population of rejected and defeated Chinese dynasties. Mainland China has never had a long history of ownership of these areas, but, for some reason the Chinese communists seem to think they can simply expand their borders without regard to peace and prosperity of the peoples long living in this part of the Pacific.
These lands are no longer a part of Japan, but, they were NEVER, EVER determined to be a sovereign state of the communists of China. Quite the contrary. Taiwan has always been autonomous and NEVER, EVER relied on China for governance and it's prosperous economy PROVES IT!
China can huff and puff all it wants, but, the truth is if China ever invades Taiwan it will be committing a CRIME!
The so called agreements decades ago were signed by The West in complete ignorance of the actual sovereign state of these lands. The West believed China and China was never a governing authority.
As China has no right to these lands, The West had no right to agree to their possession by China. It was all bogus. The Japanese never owned the islands either. These lands were about defining sovereign borders because they feared the USA genocide atomic bombs.
So, China needs to get over itself and decide to be a prosperous nation rather than a Trump Scheme Opportunist expansionist. China has no right to Taiwan and it never did.
The genetics of Taiwan will reveal Chinese heritage, but, it was the defeated dynasties that contributed, not the governing Chinese of the so called Mainland. One can only have a Mainland if there are other lands. China is a sovereign country, but, not hardly a mainland to any islands.
The United Nations needs to get their history strait and rule in Taiwan as a sovereign country member.
There is no reason to get excited, these were just inappropriate military drills by China (click here). China's borders do not include Taiwan.
The current Chinese Communist rule is rather violent, actually.
On October 1, 1949, (click here) Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. The “fall” of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades....
PRC is only 73 years old, yet it claims rights to land dating back to 1800 years. I don't think so.
