Taiwan is not a part of China

   In the first year When Yung-Cheng of Ching dynasty was
enthroned, the emperor proclaimed: "Taiwan, since time im-
memorial, was not a part of China. My mighty father, reached
beyond, conquered and annexed it to Ching's territory."

Mao Tse-tung on Taiwan Independence

   It is the immediate task of China to regain all our lost
territories, not merely to defend our sovereignty below the
Great Wall. This means that Manchuria must be regained. We do
not, however, include Korea, formerly a Chinese colony, but when
we have re-established the independence of the lost territories
of China, and if the Koreans wish to break away from the chains
of Japanese imperialism, we will extend them our enthusiastic
help in their struggle for independence. The same thing
applies for Formosa. As for Inner Mongolia, which is
populated by both Chinese and Mongolians, we will struggle to
drive Japan from there and help Inner Mongolia to establish an
autonomous State.

    Source: Edgar Snow, Interview with Mao Tse-tung,
    quoted in "Red Star Over China",
    New York:Random House, 1948, pp.88-9

Inalienable Rights

   We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with
inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty, & the pursuit of Happiness: that to secure these
rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their
their just powers from the consent of the governed; that
whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it,
& to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such
principles, & organizing it's power in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

   --The Declaration of Independence
   Thomas Jefferson

Is Britain (reads China) the parent Country?

  "But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more
shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young,
nor savages make war upon their families; Wherefore, the
assertion, if true, turns to her reproach; but it happens not
to be true, or only partly so, .... This new World hath been
the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious
liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not
from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty
of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the
same tyranny which drove the emigrants from home, pursues their
descendants still...
--"Common Sense", by Thomas Paine
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      Emperor Yung-cheng of Ching dynasty proclaimed: "Taiwan,
   since time immemorial, was not a part of China. My mighty
   father, reached beyond, conquered and annexed it to Ching's
   territory."
      Taiwanese, both aborigines and immigrants, came to this
   beautiful island (ilha Formosa) not to expand territory for
   China. The immigrants fled from interminable floods, famines
   and wars in China, they came here to seek for better living
   and brighter future.
       --wufidata
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The Price of FREEDOM (and Taiwan Independence)

   These are the time that try men's souls. The summer soldier
and the sunsine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of thir country; but he that stands it now, deserves
the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is
not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us,
that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness
only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put
a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed
if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly
rated.   --"The Crisis(1776)", by Thomas Paine