switzerland85

Switzerland

chickenlegs

Taiwan! =)

Kalikodark

Ghana!!

I don't know why I added the exclamation points.

but my dad studied in the US and so I live here

listen

China,~~~~~~

Bellicious88

Australian citizen.......born in China

lala

Asian Indian now in LA, applying as an international student.

taffyluchia

I'm from Taiwan An awesome country that is currently treaten by the Chinese communists.
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In August, Taiwan President Lee told the world what everyone has known for the last 20 years -- Taiwan is a state and should have state-to-state negotiations with China. Lee said the obvious: Taiwan is not some breakaway province of China but a thriving democracy with one of the strongest economies in Asia.

After those remarks, China made the predicted threats of taking over Taiwan. You'd think the U.S. would support Taiwan -- which has been a strong trading partner, a strong ally, and a strong democracy. Instead, the Clinton Administration has actually blamed Taiwan (and specifically President Lee) for antagonizing China.

This sounds like appeasement and 1938 to me.

In the latest edition of Forbes, former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger penned a thought-provoking piece on the current Taiwan fiasco. He notes that over the last few years, the official U.S. policy toward China has been one of appeasement. He points out that this is extremely dangerous and makes the very pointed analogy to the Munich Pact with Hitler and Mussolini in 1938 when Britain and France sold out Czechoslovakia.

Weinberger contends that Clinton is today's Neville Chamberlain -- who instigated World War II because of his unwillingness to act and stand up for the free world early.

For the last five years we have had a policy of appeasing China where did this get us? We got massive human rights abuses, threats on friendly neighbors, trade embargoes of our goods, massive espionage within our own borders, and attempts to tamper with our elections. This is not a country that we want to appease.

For once the U.S. should act with moral discipline and support what's right -- even at the cost of making China angry. We should give our full, 100% support to the Taiwanese people and guarantee their security. If we can protect the Kosovars or the Kuwaitis, we can help protect Taiwan (which happens to be a huge trading partner of the U.S.).

SUMMATION: Don't repeat 1938. Don't sell out Taiwan.

Article from http://www.impactpress.com/articles/...wan101199.html

Fallinwater0328

Taiwan is not country!

If Taiwan is a country, why does Taiwan cannot even get a spot in the UN?America officially announced that they agree that Taiwan is a part of China.

I am not a communist, but I think, with your Chinese heritage, Taiwanese should agree that they are Chinese culturally and historically.Again, if Taiwan is not belong to China culturally,why do you guys study Chinese History and Literature, isn't that weird?

Nationalists had never say that they are not Chinese, they exiled from China 57 years ago because they believe someday they will gain the mainland back, however they did not.

stardragon

I think that being Chinese doesn't mean that Taiwanese cannot have their own state.

fatcookie

let's not get too political

misty

korea for me!

I_am_special

I'm originally from China, and living in the US.

About the Taiwan issue, I totally agree with Fallinwater0328. However, everyone has one's own beliefs and thoughts, so there is nothing wrong with what taffyluchia said. But I personally think that Taiwan IS part of China. On the world map, Taiwan has belonged to part of the territory of China since......long time ago. So it's like......China is the mother, Taiwan is its child. How can a mother be willing to let her child be separated?! You may say, well, a child will be independent someday. That's right, but Taiwan is not ready yet, it doesn't yet have enough ability to be totally independent. So now, Taiwan is like a naughty boy who is always trying to run away from home, it makes the mother angry. The mother wants to punch the boy, but she cannot be hardhearted enough to do so. So now, the only way for the boy to be independent is to start a fight, and to win to fight. If the boy wins the war or kills his mother, then he can automatically leave. But do you think it may happen now? Maybe yes in the future, but not now.

I'm not so good at politics or history, so i can't argue it in the way by using some good persuasive reasons (politically or historically), but i've used another way to express myself. It's just what i personally think about it. I'm not making any sense, am I?

intl*girl*

Here it comes Moldova

aquagal86

Singapore girl!

Fallinwater0328

Taiwan is not only a naughty little boy, he has the ambitions to dominate China economically.