Party caucuses propose motions - Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/09/21/2003824120
Interesting. Three parties who do not usually agree with one another issued statements regarding UN resolution 2758, which officially is called "Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations" - which by itself is interesting, because a restoration can only happen if something had existed before. The PRC had however not been a UN member before 1971.
Basically it's about throwing the ROC (I think referred to as "Chiang's regime") out and replacing them with the PRC. Now the PRC would love to also represent #Taiwan (officially "ROC"), but it looks like there's a problem with the wording...
The DPP caucus proposed a motion stating that “UN Resolution 2758 does not involve Taiwan” and that Beijing mischaracterized it to block Taiwan’s international participation. The resolution mentions only China’s representation in the UN; it does not say it considers Taiwan to be part of China, nor does it authorize the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to represent Taiwan in the UN, the DPP said, adding that it is an undeniable fact that the resolution does not endorse the “one China” principle.
That's the Democratic Progressive Party. But what does the CKS fanclub say?
The KMT caucus proposed a motion that said the ROC is a sovereign, independent country and a founding member state of the UN. The resolution unjustly excludes the ROC from the UN and international participation, resulting in a long-standing lack of rights protection for Taiwanese internationally and the marginalization of the nation, it said.
“While the ROC and its people have the right to join the UN and other international organizations, the deterrence of their participation in these international entities is not only unfair and unjust to the nation and its people, but also a loss to the world,” the KMT said.
The Taiwan People Party did sadly not come up with something interesting to say, but the DPP did:
The Republic of China (ROC) is an independent country with sovereignty and is not subordinate to the PRC and vice versa, it said, adding that only the government elected by Taiwanese can represent Taiwan in the UN and other international entities.
Taiwan “firmly opposes China’s distortion of UN Resolution 2758, deterring Taiwan from taking part in international organizations such as the UN, and depriving the right of 23 million Taiwanese to join the international community,” the DPP caucus said. “China should immediately refrain from linking UN Resolution 2758 to its so-called ‘one China’ principle, as it would jeopardize cross-strait peace and stability, Indo-Pacific regional security and prosperity, and the rule-based international order.”
Taiwan is not allowed to change its official name (Republic of China). If they try, missiles fly. That would be the "independence" the PRC talks about, because if Taiwan doesn't have "China" in its official name, the whole hocus pocus around the so-called "One China Principle" would not apply to Taiwan anymore. The PRC would hate that, hence the threat of war
So Taiwan can't change the name, but the DPP did something close to it here: The ROC is not subordinate to the PRC and vice versa. Meaning: In contrast to the KMT, the DPP does not claim the PRC as their territory. Now if only so-called democratic countries would recognise another democratic country...
