Chheng-siang kau-siu kap Babuza sian-siN,

Thak tioh li sia khi hou Newsweek e phe, sim-cheng kam-kak chin song-khoai.

Kam-sia li ui Tai-ona-lang chhut siaN.

Chiok peng-an.

Tan Pheksiu, keng siong.
Wien, Austria



"Tojhokchu"  wrote:

>Chheng-siang hiann,
>Chan!
>Li e phe sia-liau u-kau chan!
>Goa tu-chiah khi be Newsweek lai khoann.
>Ka lan khoann-cho Chi-na lang!
>Goa ma beh hoat-tong Ko-hiong chia e lang sia-phe ka khong-gi!
>                                    Babuza
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: 林清祥
>  To:  ;  ; TGB ; 
>  Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:05 PM
>  Subject: [TGB] Fw: Let us set the records straight
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: 林清祥
>  To: 
>  Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:49 AM
>  Subject: Let us set the records straight
>
>
>
>                                                                                                             May 23, 2002
>
>  Letter to Newsweek
>
>  Dear Sirs,
>
>  We here in Taiwan thank you very much for your effort in bringing Taiwan under the international limelight by the coverage of our President Chen Shui-bian in the May 20 issue.
>
>  Yet, we would appreciate your setting the records straight.
>
>  If your cover story's labeling of Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian as "the Chinese" democrat is correct, then it is tantamount to admit that American freedom fighters like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are all English democrats. Likewise, the Irish revolutionary Patrick H. Pearse shall be referred to as an English democrat. I do not think that you would accept this kind of twist and insult. The truth is: Taiwanese is Taiwanese, not Chinese, both ethnically and politically. The same should apply to Singaporeans, too. Nobody can claim that Singaporean is Chinese either.
>
>  The people on Taiwan have been denied the right to participate in meetings, to share resources, or to work together with members of the United Nations in every direction since 1972, when the delegation of Chiang Kai-shek's regime was expelled from that international organization. The 23 million people on Taiwan now do not have to bear the consequences of a civil war waged between the Nationalists and the Communists on Mainland China, which we Taiwanese played no part at all. Nor do we have any animosity towards Chinese people, as long as we are good neighbors. If the Chinese despots on Mainland China are so eager to "bring our compatriots on Taiwan to unite with the great Motherland," why their delegation to the WHO in Geneva recently opted for a blatant obstruction on our application for observership by unabashedly declaring that the health problems on Taiwan are being taken care of by China and there is no justification for such an application. This is a gross lie. Yet, !
no national delegates ever dared to challenge this outright baloney.
>
>  With Newsweek enjoying reputation as an international big media, will you please set the records straight so that henceforth this island nation m̀ Taiwan in the future deserves a role to play in the world arena in whatever respect. We urge you to stand up and not join the hordes of those appeasing to the ugly Chinese for commercial benefits, thus sacrificing the universal principle that all men are created equal.
>
>  As a longtime reader of this cherished Magazine for more than three decades, I sincerely hope that your belief in media integrity still prevails in this time of illusions and bewilderment.
>
>  Thank you.
>
>  Yours sincerely,
>
>  Lim Chheng Siang
>
> ?????
>
>  Associate Professor
>
>  Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
>
>  Tunghai University
>
>  Taitiong 407, TAIWAN
>
>
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