DATE=7/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251774
TITLE=SENATE-TAIWAN (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TAIWAN'S REJECTION OF THE SO-CALLED "ONE-CHINA" POLICY
HAS TRIGGERED MORE POLITICAL FALLOUT, THIS TIME ON CAPITOL HILL.
V-O-A'S DAVID SWAN REPORTS, THE TAIWANESE ACTION COULD AFFECT
EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE ISLAND'S DEFENSES.
TEXT: SENATOR BOB TORRICELLI, A DEMOCRAT FROM NEW JERSEY, HAS
SUPPORTED TAIWAN IN CONGRESS, BUT SAYS TAIPEI'S RECENT COMMENTS
ARE DISAPPOINTING AND UN-NECESSARY. THE SENATOR WARNS THE
GOVERNMENT RUNS THE RISK OF ISOLATING ITSELF BY GOING AGAINST U-S
AS WELL AS CHINESE POLICY.
/// FIRST TORRICELLI ACT ///
THIS IS NOT HELPFUL. THEY ARE PRECIPITATING A
CONFRONTATION WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AT THE
WRONG TIME, AND ON THE WRONG BASIS. AND I'M SAYING THAT
AS SOMEONE WHO IS A TRADITIONAL FRIEND OF TAIWAN.
/// END ACT ///
MR. TORRICELLI IS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF A BILL THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE NEW U-S ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, INCLUDING MISSILE
DEFENSES. THE MEASURE IS A RESPONSE TO MILITARY THREATS FROM
CHINA. HOWEVER, THE SENATOR SAYS TAIWAN'S ACTION COULD WEAKEN
ITS STANDING WITH THE LAWMAKERS.
/// SECOND TORRICELLI ACT ///
IF THE PROVOCATIONS ARE TO NOW NOT BE FROM THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BUT FROM TAIWAN, I THINK IT
REQUIRES SOME REASSESSMENT BY EVEN SOME OF US WHO ARE
CLOSE TO THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT.
/// END ACT ///
THE CONTROVERSY BEGAN WHEN TAIWANESE LEADERS SAID THEY NO
LONGER CONSIDER THE ISLAND PART OF A SINGLE CHINA AND WANT
STATE-TO-STATE RELATIONS WITH BEIJING. CHINA HAS REACTED
ANGRILY. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS CALLED FOR DIALOGUE AND
RESTRAINT BY BOTH SIDES. (SIGNED)
NEB/DS/ENE/WTW
14-Jul-99 3:53 PM EDT (1953 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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