"UNGA Rejects Proposal to Include Taiwan's UN Bid on Agenda"

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/20/content_6762920.htm

On September 19th the United Nations General Assembly once again decided not to add the issue of admiting Taiwan into the UN to the agenda, this is the fifteenth time that such a decision has been made by the General Assembly. The Chinese representative to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, told the assembly that Taiwan has never stopped being a part of China, and many nations have agreed hence the refusal to entertain the idea of Taiwan's admittance into the UN. In 1971 The General Assembly adopted "Resolution 2758," which specifies that only representatives from the People's Republic of China are legitimate in the UN, this serves as the basis for China's argument against Taiwan's admittance. The government of the People's Republic of China is still seeking reunification with Taiwan, and the Chinese representative insists that " ' No one cares more about the prospect and interests of the 23 million Taiwan compatriots than the Chinese Government.' " He also condems the Chen Shui-bian authorities for "deliberately provoking cross-Straits confrontation and intensifying their efforts to seek so called 'constitutional reengineering.' "He not only condemned those Taiwanese seperatist groups, but also any countries who "co-sponsors the proposal of Taiwan's Participation in the UN."

I do not know much about the history of Taiwan's fight for independence from mainland China, however, it seems to me that the two regions have such different political views and practices that there is no way that they could peacefully reside under the same ideas. Since the illegal formation of a democratic political party in Taiwan, the region has operated in direct opposition to those beliefs set by Communist China. The tension between Mainland China and Taiwan will be especially aggravated if the People's Republic of China continues to dismiss Taiwan's request for admittance into the UN. It appears to me that a similar situation has been occuring between Kosovo and Serbia, with one side refusing anything other than to remain as one united country, and the other refusing anything less than independence (although there are many differences between the two situations as well). Being a member of a democratic nation, I am sympathetic towards Taiwan's attempts at complete independence from Communist China. They have survived this long apart from the mainland it may prove too difficult to try and reunite the two hostile regions.