Comments on: The NY Times Overreacts to U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2010/02/02/the-ny-times-overreacts-to-u-s-arm-sales-to-taiwan/ Sat, 19 May 2012 15:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shane http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2010/02/02/the-ny-times-overreacts-to-u-s-arm-sales-to-taiwan/comment-page-1/#comment-70608 Shane Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:21:12 +0000 http://chinalawandpolicy.com/?p=1001#comment-70608 While the R.O.C. Constitution does promote the 'one-China' principle, the reality on Taiwan is far from in agreement with this. The majority favor the status quo, mainly for the reason that they don't wish to become part of China, but also because there are over 1,500 (perhaps 2,000) ballastic missiles aiming at the island from the mainland, just in case independence is formally announced. If threats were eliminated, the vast majority would gladly see Taiwan formally becomes an independent country. As it stands the KMT uses the constitution as a means of not answering questions about how it really feels about Taiwan's status. Also, the article calls the KMT the "Kuo Min Tang party". Tang means party in Chinese, so saying "party" is redundant. While the R.O.C. Constitution does promote the ‘one-China’ principle, the reality on Taiwan is far from in agreement with this. The majority favor the status quo, mainly for the reason that they don’t wish to become part of China, but also because there are over 1,500 (perhaps 2,000) ballastic missiles aiming at the island from the mainland, just in case independence is formally announced. If threats were eliminated, the vast majority would gladly see Taiwan formally becomes an independent country.

As it stands the KMT uses the constitution as a means of not answering questions about how it really feels about Taiwan’s status. Also, the article calls the KMT the “Kuo Min Tang party”. Tang means party in Chinese, so saying “party” is redundant.

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