“TaiwanisnotChina.
TheTaiwanesearenottheChinese.
TaiwanshouldberuledbyTaiwanesethemselves.”
Thislong-awaitedEnglishversionwillbethefoundationstoneonwhichforthepeoplesoftheworldwilldeepentheirunderstandingoftheTaiwanaffairsandtheTaiwan-Chinarelations.
TheUSPresidentialelectionhavingturnedoutasitdid,theworldiswatchingTaiwancloserandharderthaneverbefore-nowwhathappenstoTaiwan?
TaiwanisnopartofChina.TaiwanesearenotChinese.Thisbooktellsjustthat.
Theauthor,OngIok-tek,alsoalinguist,wrotethisbookwhileinexileinJapantolettheworldknowthetruthofthehistoryofTaiwan.Ardentlyreadandrereadoverhalfacenturysinceitspublication,thisbookhascometoclaimitsduestatusasthemostauthentichistoricalaccountofTaiwanthathasaffectedmanyaTaiwanese.ItgoesandprovesthenthatthisbooksovividlyportraystherealtyofTaiwanbasedstrictlyonnothingbutscientific,objectivetruths.
China’sclaimoverTaiwanasits“territory”istotallygroundless;norhasChinaanylegitimategroundonwhichtoannexTaiwan.Thatthisbooksoeloquentlyappealsyouasyouturnthepages.
Sincethedawnofitshistory,theislandofTaiwanhaspaveditsownwayapartfromChina.ItdidcomeundertheseverestillegalrulebytheChineseKuomintangaftertheWorldWarII,buttheTaiwanesehaveproudlydemonstratedtheirhighlevelofnationaltraitstosinglehandedlyrecoveragenuinedemocraticstateoftheirown.
FullyawareofTaiwan’sgeo-politicalimportance,ChinahasincessantlyexertedeveryillicitmeansinanattempttodragTaiwanintotheirsphereofpower.Nowisthetime,moresothaneverbefore,Taiwanstandsasafortressthatallnationsoftheworldmustjointogetherinitsdefenseinthenameoffreedomsanddemocracy.ShouldTaiwanbeoncegulpedintothedictatorialChina,freedoms,humanrights,anddemocracywemankindhavepassedcenturiestodefendwouldbetreadeduponovernight.
ToblockChina’sillicitdesigns,theproblemssurroundingTaiwanoughttobebetterandcloserappreciated.Thatistheveryreasonwhythisbook,nowcrisplytranslatedintoEnglish,nowatamostopportunemomentwhentheworldintentlylooksuponthedestinyofTaiwan.
HUMANRIGHTS freedoms TAIWAN CHINA HISTORY
