Motions Passed to Reestablish Relations with US|立院通過提案 促台美復交.美協助對抗中共

The Kuomintang Party brought up two motions and was later passed without any objections in a Legislative session. The motions includes the government should ask for U.S.' assistance in fighting against China and re-establish diplomatic relationship with the U.S. Premier Su Tseng-chang has also requested the Ministry of Education to investigate into a matter in which more than 70 public and private universities were demanded to sign a "One China Commitment" in order to recruit Chinese students.


In a Legislative session on October 6, the KMT Caucus proposed two motions, urging the government to ask the U.S. for assistance in fighting against China and re-establishing the diplomatic relationship with the U.S. as soon as possible. Premier Su Tseng-chang said KMT was the one who should take responsibility for breaking the diplomatic relationship with the U.S. and the government needs to take step by step in order to re-establish the relationship.

Finally the KMT has succumbed to its conscience. It is a good thing but we need to take it step by step in improving bilateral relationship.

Following recent U.S. government officials' visits to Taiwan and the announcement on U.S. military sales to Taiwan, the KMT Caucus urged the government to take this chance to reestablish its diplomatic relationship with the U.S. On the request for U.S. assistance for military defense, the KMT Caucus indicated in the motion that the government should convince the U.S., under the Taiwan Relations Act, to provide diplomatic, economic and safety assistance to fight against China if the safety of Taiwanese people are under threat from the Chinese Communist Party. The two motions were passed with unanimous votes from all political parties.

Minister Joseph Wu once said publicly that the government will not seek to establish diplomatic relations with the U.S. at this moment. But we think he is heading towards the wrong direction.

Everyone knows China has nothing to gain from these military drills. In fact, it could boost the U.S., Japan, Australia, India, and even Taiwan in the future, to form an alliance such as the NATO to fight against China. What good would China get out of it?

In another news related to China, a newspaper story recently reported that more than 70 public and private universities in Taiwan have secretly signed a "One China Commitment" under the request of China in order to recruit Chinese students.

There shouldn't be any political clauses embedded in academic exchanges. I will ask the Ministry of Education to look into this matter.

Premier Su Tseng-chang has instructed the Ministry of Education to investigate this matter under the grounds that academic exchanges should not be subjected to political intervention.



6號立法院院會，國民黨黨團提出兩決議案，「政府應請求美國協助對抗中共」以及盡快促成「台美復交」。行政院長蘇貞昌上午出席院會表示，台灣與美國的外交關係從有到無都是國民黨搞的，但爭取跟美國關係仍要一步一步來。

行政院長 蘇貞昌表示：「現在國民黨終於良心發現，也是好事一樁。關係改善，也要一步一步來。」

國民黨團與美復交案則指出，美國官員接連來台，且宣布對台軍售，政府應以美國與中華民國恢復邦交作為對美外交目標；請求美國協防提案指出，「政府應說服美國依照台灣關係法， 一旦中共有危及台灣人民安全行動時，在我國政府請求下，以外交、經濟與安全防衛等方式協助我國抵抗」，這兩項公決案在朝野無異議下獲得通過，列案處理。

國民黨立委 陳玉珍表示：「吳釗燮曾經公開說過，現在不尋求跟美國建交，我們覺得這是不對的方向。」

民進黨立委 趙天麟表示：「大家所知道這些(軍備)緊張，對於中國一點好處也沒有，也反而促成美國、日本、澳洲、印度，甚至未來的台灣，如果形成類似北約組織聯盟，來抗中的話，那中國到底得到什麼呢？」

此外也有平面媒體報導，我國公私立大學為招收中國學生來台交流，傳出有70多所大學應中方要求私下簽署「一中承諾書」。

行政院長 蘇貞昌表示：「學術交流，不該有政治條款，會請教育部了解盤查。」

蘇貞昌表示學術交流不該有政治條款，若有中國用政治介入、影響學術交流，已請教育部盤查做對應處理。