Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Taiwan is democratic.
The individual must not be allowed to be overly free, but the country must be entirely free. When the country can exercise freedom, China will have become a mighty and prosperous nation.
Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.
The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.
With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.
Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.
Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature.
We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China.