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家博《台灣非中國》譯註

Taiwan Is Not China:
Aborigines, Colonial Rulers

On Taiwan’s Status and Its Status Quo (II)

[ Preliminary ]

台灣地位

On Taiwan’s Status and Its Status Quo (I)

[ Preliminary ]

前　言

在探討台灣地位之前，首須釐清幾個歷史概念。此即何謂「中國」? 何謂「中華民國」? 何謂「台灣」? 何謂「台灣人」? 以及彼等有何相互之糾葛關係?

A Proposal for Restructuring and Reengineering the DPP

Abstract

On the Practice of Transitional Justice in Taiwan

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At a point of political transformation from authoritarian, dictatorial regimes or from civil conflicts into a democracy state, the term “transitional justice” often refers to a range of approaches that the state may use to address past human rights abuses, mass atrocities, or other forms of severe trauma in order to promote possibilities for peace, reconciliation and democracy in the future. Transitional justice implies a society’s desire to rebuild social trust, repair a fractured justice system, and build a democratic system of governance. All transitional justice approaches are based on a fundamental belief in universal human rights, although each society should choose its own path.

In today’s Taiwan, transitional justice means a response to the systematic or widespread violations of human rights under KMT’s regime of colonization through investigation of violations, sanctions on those responsible for the violations, and reparations for the victims. This may involve mass atrocities like the 228 Massacre or White Terror, the stolen party assets by KMT and its affiliated organizations, and other forms of political or judicial abuses. Transitional justice practitioners have also engaged with justice measures, including court trials, truth commissions, reconciliation, restitution of property, compensation packages, removal of statues, etc. Finally, the existing KMT’s political system is completely dismantled, a report is prepared to summarize the whole transitional justice process, and there are programs to rewrite history textbooks in order to better reflect the plight of the victims.

Requirements for Taking the Taiwan Presidency

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As a Taiwan president in the coming age, he (or she) must not be the one who proclaims the “ultimate unification” or “ROC” related stuffs. He must not be part of the local politicos, nor used to be a KMT running dog. He had better not be a legal expert who makes practices case by case.

An Overview of U.S.-Taiwan Relations

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For decades in the context of the Cold War, the U.S. government had worked to make Taiwan a bastion of the "free world," although the world acquiesced and consented to the KMT regime's takeover of Taiwan. Early in 1854, Commodore Matthew C. Perry viewed Taiwan as suitable for developing an American base of operations for the Asia-Pacific region, and proposed the United States to annex Formosa. During World War II, Taiwan caught U.S. Army and Navy's attention as an important strategic point in the region. The Navy argued that Taiwan's rich human and natural resources had a lot to bear in the postwar reconstruction of Asia. When the KMT retreated to Taiwan after the war, the U.S. reopened a consulate in Taipei and continued to support the KMT regime, despite the corruption of the regime and the “228 Massacre.”  

An Overview of the Taiwan Independence Movement