Chiang's Formosa: justified?
Dear Editor:
Referring to the unsigned letter written by "A group of Formosan Students at KU" on February 22, I would like to give another point of view on the subject and clarify a few points for the U.S. students who are not too familiar with the problem and who might have been misled by a sudden outbusrt of emotions by the group of Formosan students.
Chiang is legit
They disagree with the present U.S. policy towards China, they want the U.S. to "stop immediately allying itself with a well-known tyranny falsely named as Chinese government, headed by an old man . . ." The U.S. had formal diplomatic relationship with the Nationalist government since the early part of the century, and the Chiang regime, although criticized by many, has been recognized as the legitimate Chinese government. Chiang led China through World War II, whose end also brought about the redemption of Tai Wan from Japanese rule.
The group of Formosan students seemed to want the U.S. to force the 2 million non-true-Formosan out of Formosa, and put them away somewhere, and
recognize Formosa as a new nation. What do they plan to do then, with 10 million people? Evidently, Formosa cannot last for 20 hours without outside aid. Or, do they expect Communist China to recognize this brand new nation and establish diplomatic relations with them? A little bit too idealistic, isn't it? Let's assume it works, some years later, when the Kao Shan people (original natives of Tai Wan) want to get rid of the Formosan and have their island back. After all, they are the real Formosan, they had been there a long time before the present Formosan moved down from the Fukien province. Claiming the right to a piece of land because of seniority of inhabitance is out of date. Otherwise, the American Indian can kick all the white, black and yellow people out of this country anytime they want to.
Calling the Chiang regime "alien ruling" is simply absurd. Formosa has always been a province of China, all 12 million people in Formosa belong to the Chinese race, they all speak Chinese. Formosan are true Chinese and they are treated as Chinese. All Formosan students in the U.S. hold Nationalist Chinese
Formosans are Chinese
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The editor made a note saying that two Kansan reporters will write a series of articles about the Formosan-Taiwanese conflict. The two words, Formosan and Taiwanese mean exactly the same
The Formosan students have every right to be dissatisfied with the government, but which government is popular with all its people? I roomed with two Formosan students for one year, they were not happy with the government, but they didn't go as far as wanting independence. I strongly believe that the letter only represented the view of a minority of the Formosan students. Most of them still consider themselves to be Chinese.
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Tai Wan is opened to tourists, students and reporters—there is no restricted area where they can't go. Yet, we haven't read anything about "Secret police, concentration camp, tortures, etc." I think the "group" got a little
The "group" also questioned the validity of the term "Free China." All adjectives are relative and the Republic of China is not a free country in every sense, but which country is? Compared to Red China, the Nationalist government can indeed by called "Free China."
Not free in every sense
thing, people living in Formosa, even according to your own Webster Dictionary. Finally, I like to remind the U.S. students that this whole thing is not a national crisis, it is merely a problem arising from difference in provincial culture background, which is quite a common thing in the history of China.
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passports. I can't understand why the group of Formosan do not regard themselves as Chinese. Sure they are Formosan, but their nationality and race is Chinese. Even Chinese people who have been in this country for generations proudly call themselves Chinese.
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