The land in Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese people, and of course no one can run them off of this land or confiscate it without due compensation. In their search for freedom, democracy, and human rights, a strong sense of Taiwanese consciousness is important to the Taiwanese people.

As we know, during WWII in the Pacific, US military troops liberated Taiwan. According to the war powers in the US Constitution, the Hague Convention IV of 1907, and the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1952, the United States Military Government (USMG) temporarily holds the jurisdictional powers over Taiwan, and this is the truth of Taiwan's international legal status. The "Declaration of the Taiwan Status" www.taiwanadvice.com/declare.htm was promulgated on March 29, 2006, and then on Oct. 24, 2006, Dr. Roger C. S. Lin filed suit against the United States government in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

We urge everyone to support this "I am a Taiwanese and not a Chinese" petition drive, so that Taiwan may be removed from the threat of Chinese aggression at an early date, and the Taiwanese can build a beautiful and peaceful new national life for themselves under US administrative authority.

Further Explanations and Petition Drive Forms (Requires Chinese Big-5 system) http://www.taiwanbasic.com/sign/taiwanese.htm - or - http://www.taiwanus.net/roger/petition_drive.htm

September 3, 2007