‘Natural Unification’ of China and Taiwan

Re “U.S. Shouldn’t Indulge China’s Taiwan Fantasy,” Commentary, Feb. 14: Right on! As Daniel C. Lynch points out, the collective identities of the Taiwanese and the Chinese are too distinct to forge a natural political unification. It defies logic to think that a country of 23 million people with a democratically elected president can be pressured to forgo its hard-earned freedom and democracy to become part of the largest holdout communist country in the world.

Once the Chinese government becomes disillusioned with its “natural unification” fantasy, only a show of solid public support to the Taiwanese democracy from the U.S. can head off a dangerous military confrontation in this game of chicken.

Hungyi Shau

Cerritos

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Lynch is misleading the American people by saying that the collective identities of the Taiwanese and Chinese people “remain too distinct.” In fact, the Chinese and Taiwanese are all Chinese, with the same cultural origin. His argument is not even following the U.S. China policy: One China, and Taiwan is a part of China.

Even worse, he distorts the history, saying, “Taiwan never really has been a part of China.” Since World War II, Taiwan has been returned to China from Japanese occupation by international treaties and recognized by the U.N. and the U.S. Lynch’s avowal of an independent Taiwan is not even supported by the U.S. government.

Wyman Wun

Rancho Palos Verdes