Taiwan - When you know you are Chinese 台湾 - 当你认是你是中国人

 Taiwan is in a confused mess. It is not a country but want to be a country, want to be independent but unable to be independent. It is a breakaway part of China after a civil war. Even their biggest supporter, the world's number one superpower, betrayed them to recognise China as the legitimate China and Taiwan is a part of China. This still did not wake up the Taiwanese to think that the US is still dependable and a trusted friend...when the US betrayed them in the UN, kicked them out of the UN.

The US is using Taiwan as a pawn, a bargaining chip against China in its geopolitical contest for world dominance. The Taiwanese know this, but die, die want to be the pawn and to be exploited by the Americans, cheated by the Americans, blackmailed by the Americans, extorted by the Americans, to live a pariah existence as a non state, a non entity in the community of nation states.

The Taiwanese even choose to be the doggies of the Japanese, the people that massacred and colonised Taiwan for 50 years, treating the Taiwanese as second or third class citizens, forcing them to become Japanese, NOT Chinese, NOT Taiwanese. And they are grudgingly trying to live with such a pathetic existence, with no pride and no dignity.

And to put up a farcical existence, they bribed a few little islands in the Pacific Ocean just to pretend they have friends. These island states happily squeezed whatever free money they could get from a hapless and desperate Taiwan, the money that Taiwan needs not waste, that they can use for their own people and country.

China's term for reunification is simple. Just acknowledge that Taiwan is a part of China, and everything can be discussed under the sky, including self rule, or nothing changes other than in name. But the separatists would not budge, insisted to want to be independent from the Motherland, an option that cannot be realised, especially when China is getting more powerful and prosperous by the day, and when reunification is a forgone conclusion, only how, by force or peacefully.

For now, the Taiwanese can only live in fear, in anxiety, uncertainties, with limited access to the world, limited opportunities and like frogs in a well.

The new KMT leader, Zheng Liwen, 郑丽文， has bravely defied all critics and threats and called herself a Chinese，我是中国人， and wanted to pursue talks with China on reunification.

When the Taiwanese recognised that they are Chinese, called themselves Chinese, the door is flung wide open, and a bright future lies ahead. They do not need to be seek protection and solace in a country that betrayed them, the USA, no need to be extorted and robbed of all their national reserves, no need to send their only treasure, the TSMC, to America. They need not bow and be treated with disgust by the Americans, like beggars or hapless orphans.

When the Taiwanese called themselves Chinese, they do not have to become running dogs of the Japanese, do not have to become traitors to their Motherland, do not have to disown their ancestors. Do not have to be held at ransom by the Americans, the Japanese and the little Pacific Islanders, laughing at how silly they are and parting with their money when demanded.

When the Taiwanese called themselves Chinese, all the contradictions, problems and distrust, obstacles, would disappear immediately. Reunification with China is returning home, a glorious thing to be proud of. Returning to the Motherland will ensure a bright, prosperous and secure future, no more uncertainties, no more fear of war. The young people can move freely in a bigger China to develop their fullest potential, businesses would flourish with no restraint. The Taiwanese can proudly call themselves as Chinese, the people from a proud and prosperous China, a superpower, and a rich tradition and Civilisation of several thousand years. They can walk and travel freely around the world with respect and dignity. The future of being Chinese is full of hope and aspirations, bright and clear. The world is an oyster with unlimited opportunities.

To be a Chinese is a glorious and envious thing. Many people would want to be a Chinese. No one would want to be a Taiwanese, be traitors to their Motherland and a shame to their ancestors.

当台湾人认同自己是中国人，并称自己为中国人时，大门就会大开，光明的未来就在前方。他们不需要在背叛自己的国家——美国——寻找保护和安慰，不需要被勒索并夺走所有国家储备，不需要把他们唯一的宝贝——台积电——送到美国。他们也不需要像乞丐或可怜的孤儿一样向美国人卑躬屈膝，被厌恶地对待。

当台湾人称自己为中国人时，他们不必成为日本的走狗，不必成为祖国的叛徒，不必否认祖先。不必被美国人、日本人以及太平洋的小岛国家进行人质式的操控，被嘲笑愚蠢，被迫交出金钱。

当台湾人称自己为中国人时，所有的矛盾和不信任、障碍都会立即消失。与中国的统一就是回家，是值得骄傲的光荣事情。回到祖国将确保一个光明、繁荣和安全的未来，不再有不确定性，不再恐惧战争。年轻人可以在更大的中国自由发展，充分发挥他们的潜力，商业将无限繁荣。台湾人可以自豪地称自己为中国人，来自一个自豪和繁荣的中国，一个超级大国，拥有数千年的丰富传统和文明。他们可以自信而有尊严地在世界各地行走和旅行。作为中国人的未来充满希望和理想，光明而清晰。世界是一个充满无限机会的舞台。

成为中国人是一件光荣和值得羡慕的事情。许多人都想成为中国人。没有人会想成为台湾人，成为祖国的叛徒，成为祖先的耻辱。