“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 TAIWAN CHINA HISTORY
