No. TW can not pursue independence before mainland China is free.
It is TW's responsibility to help mainland people to kill CCP. ROC
gov collected 1949-1979 tax from mainland in 1949. This tax was used
to support TW defense.
TW can pursue independence only after all CCP are killed.
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> Is there any hope in fighting China for Taiwanese?
> Can the Taiwanese fight without USA, in which case
> is Taiwan still self governmenting?
>
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> Military left red-faced by mishaps during exercise
>
> FIRING BLANKS? : Some misseles failed to destroy their targets, one
> disappeared and another landed in a cemetery without exploding during
> yesterday's Han Kuang exercise
> By Jimmy Chuang
> STAFF REPORTER, , IN SUAO, ILAN COUNTY
> Thursday, May 17, 2007, Page 2
>
> F-16 fighter jets release flares during the Han Kuang 23 exercise in
> Suao,
> Ilan County, yesterday. The military tested its defense readiness in a
> live-fire drill simulating an invasion by China as part of Taiwan's
> biggest-ever war games, the defense ministry said.
> PHOTO: AFP
>
> Taiwan's military was left red-faced after problems with missiles
> afflicted
> an exercise in Suao Township (??), Ilan County, yesterday.
>
> The exercise, part of the Han Kuang 23 annual exercise, involved 2,163
> military personnel, and took place on the coast at the Navy's Suao Base.
>
> It simulated a scenario where Chinese forces had crossed the Taiwan
> Strait
> and were ready to land.
> The Air Force, the Navy, the Army and the Marines established a defense
> network in Ilan to repulse the invaders from the sea, land and air.
> The exercise commenced when the Perry-class frigate PFG-1105 launched a
> Standard Missile I Block I.
>
> The commander of yesterday's exercise reported through speakers that the
> missile had destroyed a target plane 35km away from the vessel.
>
> Weather conditions were foggy yesterday, leaving spectators unable to
> see
> the frigate clearly.
>
> The Navy rarely launches the Standard Missile I Block I during exercises
> due
> to its high cost. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said one Standa
> rd
> Missile I Block I costs US$1.13 million.
> Immediately after the launch of the missile, the Army launched two HAWK
> missiles.
>
> One of them hit a target plane but the other lost control and landed in
> a
> cemetery. The missile was damaged but did not detonate and Army
> personnel
> retrieved the failed ordnance.
> After the HAWK missiles, the Kidd-class destroyer DDG-1802 launched a
> Standard Missile II Block I and two Mirage-2000-5s launched Arcane
> air-to-air missiles. Both the destroyer and the jetfighters destroyed
> their
> target planes.
>
> However, when two IDF aircraft approached in order to launch AIM-9
> missiles,
> the pilots were forced to abort their mission because the target plane
> was
> missing.
>
> Next, two AH-1W helicopters approached and launched Hellfire missiles
> and
> AIM-9 missiles, hovering above where visitors were viewing the exercise
> as
> they launched.
>
> After that, the Marines launched two MGM-51 Shillelagh missiles, one of
> which hit its target, but failed to destroy, it while the other one lost
> control and fell into the sea.
>
> The Army then launched two Revenger missiles and two FIM-92 Stinger
> missiles. One Revenger and one Stinger hit their targets but also failed
> to
> destroy them. The other Revenger fell into the sea and the other Stinger
> disappeared after its launch.
>
> The Army's Sixth Legion Commander, Lieutenant General Cheng Shih-yu
> (???),
> expressed frustration over the missile failures during yesterday's
> exercise.
> "Honestly, I do not know what went wrong," he said. "Maybe these
> missiles
> are too old."
> A parachute drill is scheduled for the Army's Hukou Base today.
>
>
>
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> news:1181594357.043334.283730@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...>>> One Chinese man was so angry at the claim that he threw two plastic
>>> bottles at Mr. Lee at the airport as he prepared to end his private
>>> trip to Japan.
>>>
>>>
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-09-voa5.cfm
>>>
>>> Former Taiwan Leader Defends Visit to Japan's Controversial Shrine
>>> By Catherine Makino
>>> Tokyo
>>> 09 June 2007
>>>
>>> Makino report (mp3) - Download 497k
>>> Listen to Makino report (mp3)
>>>
>>> Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui has concluded a controversial
>>> trip to Japan by claiming Taiwan is already independent from China,
>>> and rejecting Beijing's criticism of his visit to Japan's Yasukuni
>>> Shrine. Catherine Makino reports from Tokyo.
>>>
>>> Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui gestures during a lecture in
>>> Tokyo, 7 June 2007
>>> Taiwan's former President Lee Teng-hui told reporters on Saturday that
>>> Taiwan is effectively already independent, and should not worry about
>>> anything China said on the matter.
>>>
>>> "Taiwan is already an independent country," he said. "It is natural
>>> that the Taiwanese people clearly assert that Taiwan is theirs, and
>>> that Taiwan is an independent county based on peace and democracy."
>>>
>>> One Chinese man was so angry at the claim that he threw two plastic
>>> bottles at Mr. Lee at the airport as he prepared to end his private
>>> trip to Japan. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has threatened
>>> war if Taiwan ever seeks to formalize its status.
>>>
>>> Beijing also criticized Mr. Lee and his Japanese hosts for his visit
>>> to the Yasukuni Shrine. The presence there of 14 war criminals, among
>>> more than 2.5 million war dead, angers China, South Korea, and other
>>> countries who see the shrine as glorifying Japan's militaristic past.
>>>
>>> Mr. Lee says he went to the shrine to pay respects to his brother who
>>> was killed during World War II while serving with Japan's navy in the
>>> Philippines.
>>>
>>> "The visit to pay respects to my brother is a private affair," he
>>> said. "I had a longing to visit my brother since we do not have
>>> single locket of his hair or a bone. I am very grateful to Yasukuni
>>> shrine."
>>>
>>> He says it is an experience he will never forget and that it is the
>>> right of countries to honor the souls of young soldiers who died
>>> serving their countries.
>>>
>>> He rejected China's criticism of his visit, saying he believed the
>>> Chinese and Koreans invented the Yasukuni problem, because they could
>>> not deal with problems in their own countries.
>>>
>>> Mr. Lee was president of Taiwan from 1988-2000, and has long been a
>>> harsh critic of Beijing.
>>>
>>> During his speech on Saturday Mr. Lee also said the United States is
>>> now paralyzed because of the war in Iraq. He said decisions made by
>>> President Bush had weakened the U.S. so that it had lost its
>>> leadership role in Asia and respect in the world.
