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Thursday, March 14, 1996
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Taiwanese want independence
The Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Five minutes before closing time, the honor guard marches forth to salute a statue of an old man.
This is the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, dedicated to the leader who lost China in 1949, moved his government to Taiwan and ruled it for his remaining 26 years, dreaming of recapturing the mainland from the Communists.
But what is happening on the square is out of tune with Chiang's legacy, and it explains why China and Taiwan are at odds today.
Student demonstrators chant,
"Independence for Taiwan! No
reunification with China!"
Before, such slogans might have landed the chanters in jail. Now it is China's turn to get upset.
For the past eight months, China has been firing missiles into waters off Taiwan and conducting war games in the neighborhood, giving the message that Taiwan is a part of China.
Were China to listen to what those students were saying, it might draw some comfort.
"No one listens to us. No local newspaper has come to interview
She and others spoke of their fellow students' apathy, of arguments with parents who wished they would just concentrate on their careers, and their feeling that Taiwanese were too scared of China to take a stand.
us," said Darcy Pan, an English literature student.
"Instead of fighting, they just want to leave this country. So I feel so sad because many people don't care," Pan said.
The Democratic party, legalized by Taiwan's president, Lee Tenghui's democratic reforms, looked like the wave of the future at first, gaining with each election until it won the Taipei mayor's race in December 1994.
But opinion polls showed proindependence sentiment below 20 percent.
At that time China's worries may have seemed justified.
The majority wished things would get back to normal.
"I think most students don't care what Taiwan will be," said Jack Lin, a philosophy student at the demonstration.
The students blamed the Chiang legacy for an education system that
sought to imprint the mainland identity instead of Taivanese culture, even suppressing the island's dialect.
During Lee's eight-year term, bureaucratic changes allowed Taiwanese identity to surface. For instance, Taiwanese no longer list their mainland ancestry on their ID cards.
However, Lee insists on reunification, but first, China must embrace democracy and match Tajwan's living standards.
Meanwhile, he wants Taiwan to regain its seat in the United Nations.
Lee's visit to the United States last June triggered the present outburst. China's war games are meant to scare voters away from Lee. But the president remains the favorite to win a fresh term in March 23 elections, Taiwan's first by universal suffrage.
As a soldier, Shih-chi fled with Chiang's troops in 1949. He had expected a short stay in Taiwan, followed by a victorious return to the mainland.
Ho Shih-chi, 78, trudged up the 90 steps to the Memorial Hall and gazed at the oversized statue of his former commander-in-chief.
How big is Taiwan?
Area: 14,400 sq. ml.
Slightly larger than Maryland and Delaware combined
Population: 21.5 million About four times more populous than Maryland and Delaware combined
Taiwan
Md.
plus Del.
Knight-Ridder Tribune
"But the trend of world events changed and it became impossible for us to go back by force," he said.
Taiwan is now the 14th-largest trading power, with the second-biggest foreign currency reserves. It is filled with highways, sleek cars, and a brand-new subway in Taipei.
"It won't happen because China will never agree to it," Shchi-shi said.
But an independent Taiwan?
THE NEWS in brief
Falling ice forces partial closure of Hudson bridge
NEW YORK — Sheets of ice, some the size of car windshields, fell from the cables of the George Washington Bridge yesterday, shutting down the span's upper level for the second time in two days.
both the New York and New Jersey sides of the bridge over the Hudson River. The eight-lane upper deck was closed during the morning as temperatures neared the 50s, loosening slabs of ice that formed during a weekend storm.
The Associated Press
The Port Authority, which operates the bridge, sent "ice knockers" —
workers who can climb the cables — to break off remaining ice. By 2 p.m., all lanes were reopened.
The bridge's lower level has six lanes. The suspension bridge carries 267,000 vehicles on an average weekday. On Tuesday, the upper level was closed for 3 1/2 hours right through the evening rush hour.
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