PEOPLE TOLD TO UNITE IN FACE OF POSSIBLE WAR WITH CHINA
ROC Central News Agency
2006-10-08 23:21:34
Taipei, Oct. 8 (CNA) To unite behind the government would be the best way for Taiwan people to ward off China's possible invasion, a former defense chief of Japan said here Sunday.
Tokuichiro Tamazawa, the former defense minister of Japan who is visiting Taipei as a member of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council said in a public speech that people's determination to defend their county is the best weapon to deter any outside attackers.
Although some people in Taiwan believe that Japan and the United States would come to their defense in case of the country coming under the military attack from China, Tamazawa quoted former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage as telling him that Washington is under no obligation to protect Taiwan despite the Taiwan Relations Act requiring it to help Taiwan to defend itself.
As a democracy, both Japan and the United States have to follow its domestic legal process in sending military for overseas operations, that means it will take some time even if they want to help Taiwan in its war against China.
He suggested people on the island to united together in the face of possible military conflict with China which would be much reliable than outside assistance.
(By Maubo Chang)
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