No time to waste Flashcards
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1. Taiwanese sovereignty
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- When it comes to the issue of Taiwanese sovereignty the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is the big brute sitting by the road armed to the hilt and collecting money to let people pass while the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a meek little coward that keeps messing things up.
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2.to accept a foreign constitution
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- The KMT has forced Taiwanese to accept a foreign constitution and keeps saying such things as “the Republic of China’s [ROC] sovereignty encompasses all of China including the People’s Republic of China [PRC]” and constructing fairy tales about being the only legitimate government of all of China. It is using these lies to hawk its party-state drug.
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3.it does not belong to the PRC
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- The DPP’s Taiwan independence clause declares the nation’s sovereignty and independence that it does not belong to the PRC and that its sovereignty does not encompass China. Not only is this in line with historical fact it reflects the actual situation.
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4.ROC Constitution
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- The clause is the only way to put the knife to the so-called “ROC Constitution” using democratic means.
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5.Why does the DPP want to scrap it or freeze it?
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- So what is it that is so problematic with the clause? Why does the DPP want to scrap it or freeze it? There is nothing wrong with it.
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6.admits that it is incapable of changing the “one China”
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- The problem is that the DPP admits that it is incapable of changing the “one China” forged by the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and that it does not dare come near the red line China has drawn with its military threat.
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7.leading Taiwan toward its ultimate goal
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- The DPP is incapable of implementing its party charter and leading Taiwan toward its ultimate goal of a proper constitution yet continues to claim that Taiwan is already an independent and sovereign country.
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- it is still quite far from the truth
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- Although the party is a bit more humble and a bit more honest than the KMT it is still quite far from the truth.
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- If Taiwan really was a sovereign and independent country as the DPP says
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- If Taiwan really was a sovereign and independent country as the DPP says would DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) have to hide behind the Resolution on Taiwan’s Future or stress that the 23 million Taiwanese will decide the nation’s future?
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10.If its future really was settled
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- If Taiwan really was sovereign and independent and its future really was settled then another decision by 23 million Taiwanese to that effect would be redundant.
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11.The idea of deciding whether to freeze the clause
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- The idea of deciding whether to freeze the clause based on the idea that Taiwan is already a sovereign and independent country is flawed.
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12.Taiwan cannot obtain the status of a regular country
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- Taiwan may be sovereign and independent but it cannot obtain the status of a regular country because while sovereignty and independence are necessary requirements to obtaining national status they are not the only requirements.
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- (郭正亮) who wants to freeze the clause
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- Former DPP legislator Julian Kuo (郭正亮) who wants to freeze the clause says that the DPP is not striving to achieve independence but to maintain it.
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14.(陳昭南) and others have caused the DPP to lose its true nature
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- This is disingenuous word play because it separates independence from nationhood. Kuo former DPP legislator Chen Zau-nan (陳昭南) and others have caused the DPP to lose its true nature.
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15.By asking the party’s Central Executive Committee
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- By asking the party’s Central Executive Committee to decide whether to freeze the clause Tsai has highlighted the party’s problems rather than sweeping them under the rug.
