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To: GST who wrote (120716)	11/30/2003 11:40:52 AM
From: h0db	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Official US policy is that Taiwan is already part of China." No, that is not the case, although some administrations have strayed into that area, most notably Pres. Clinton's enunciation of the "three No's" during his visit to China in 1998. Official US policy is as follows (from the Three Communiques that serve as the basis for US-China relations): "The Government of the United States acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China." [source: Documents on the Normalization of US-China Relations, December 15-16, 1978]." Comment: "Acknowledges" in diplo-speak, does not mean "agrees with." "The United States is confident that the people of Taiwan face a peaceful and prosperous future. The United States continues to have an interest in the peaceful resolution of the Taiwan 8issue and expects the Taiwan issue will be settled peacefully by the Chinese themselves." [ibid] And from the "Shanghai Communique," Feb 27, 1972, note the very artful language: "The United States acknowledges that [emphasis added] all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The US Government does not challenge this position. It reaffirms its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves." The "Three Communiques" serve as the basis for US-China relations, and the shift in diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. At the time of the Shanghai Communique (1972) and at least until Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui's declaration in July 1999 that "there are two countries on either side of the Taiwan Strait," the official position of the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) has been that Taiwan is a part of China. US policy merely acknowledged that position. At that time, Taiwan was ruled by the autocratic KMT regime of Chiang Kai-shek, a group of Mainlanders who arrived on the island between 1945 and 1949, and who ruled it under Martial Law until 1986. At most, Mainlanders comprised 20% of the population. Today, it is 13% and falling.