Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.
Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.
Taiwan is democratic.
The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan.
And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.
As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy.
Taiwan is a major economy.
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 strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.
Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.
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