Since when has Singapore become such a heartless, communist-supporting nation? Its people are being misled by Foreign Minister George Yeo, who, according to media reports, has also somehow misled the world into thinking that "Taiwan and China split in 1949 at the end of a civil war and Beijing continues to view the island as part of its territory."
The fact is this: Taiwan was ceded to Japan by the Qing Dynasty in 1895, which had absolutely nothing to do with the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists in China. Read the constitutions of both the Republic of China (founded 1912) and the People's Republic of China (founded 1949), and you will know that Taiwan has never been a territory of either one.
Sadly, Singapore needs to kowtow to China to such an extent that it curries favor with China at the expense of Taiwan.
The Taiwanese fought the Japanese when Japan was in Taiwan. And the Taiwanese madea great effort to fight the KMT when the KMT came to Taiwan. So why should Taiwan have to fight with Singapore, when Singapore has never been and will not be in Taiwan?
As I understand, most of us speak same languages [sic]. Therefore, Web site forums like www.taiwanus.net and www.taiwanyes.com should help Singaporeans learn more about what Taiwan is today.
Taitzer Wang
Ohio
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