Statement of the Taiwanese-American 4/20 Action Committee

美國本部等
Washington, D.C.
April 20, 2006
We, the members of eighteen Taiwanese-American organizations, gather here in front of the White House today to demonstrate against Chinese President Hu Jintao. We wish to call international attention to the fact that a repressive China is threatening a democratic Taiwan, in particular with 800 missiles targeting the peaceful island nation. China is rapidly building up its military capabilities in order to enforce its sinister “anti-secession law” which aims to annex Taiwan and thus depriving the 23 million Taiwanese people of their human right to self-determination. China’s military expansion also threatens peace and stability of the western Pacific and is contrary to the U.S. national interests.

We demand that Hu dismantle the 800 missiles and renounce the use of force against Taiwan. We support a free, democratic and independent Taiwan, and call on President George Bush to persuade Hu to normalize China’s relations with Taiwan. We also urge the nations of the world to stop isolating Taiwan, and to accept the free and democratic Taiwan as a full and equal member of the international community.

In today’s protest against Hu’s visit, the Taiwanese-American organizations are honored to be joined by the Students for a Free Tibet, International Tibet Independence Movement, Uyghur American Association and Laogai Research Foundation. In solidarity, we jointly voice our strong opposition to China’s disregard for democracy and human rights and to its contempt for the sovereignty of neighboring countries.

Taiwanese-American 4/20 Action Committee:
聰美基金會會長黃聲弘
王康陸博士紀念基金會會長王康厚
全美台灣人權協會會長方惠音
台灣人公共事務會會長李青泰
台灣人公共事務會華盛頓分會會長何鎮山
北美洲台灣人教授協會會長黃東昇
北美洲台灣婦女會會長葉明霞
北美洲台灣人醫師協會會長許正雄
陳文成教授紀念基金會會長高龍榮
北美台灣客家公共事務協會會長魏武雄
紐約台灣同鄉會會長林秀合
全美台灣同鄉會會長程韻如
巴爾地摩台灣同鄉會會長楊遠薰
華盛頓台灣同鄉會會長陳美津/代理會長陳瑞寶
台灣學生社發言人葉景安
全美台灣客家會會長李武達
世界台灣人大會召集人郭重國
台灣獨立建國聯盟美國本部主席莊秋雄

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