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China must destroy missiles: TSU

China should destroy its missiles aimed at Taiwan and open peace talks with Taiwan as the first step toward a peaceful solution to cross-strait disputes, Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator Lo Chih-ming (羅志明) said yesterday.

Lo, a caucus whip of the pro-independence TSU at the Legislative Yuan, made the remarks when answering questions from reporters after US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said a day earlier in the Fourth Asian Security Conference held in Singapore that China's military expansion will not only hurt the interests of Taiwan and the US, but it will also affect China's other trading partners in Asia.

In recent years, China has been building its military at a two-digit annual growth rate, Lo warned, adding that China is rising as a military power.

In the face of China's fast military buildup, Taiwan should ask the country to renounce its military threats against Taiwan by fully destroying its hundreds of missiles targeting the country, in an event to be observed by the UN or the US to protect security and prosperity in the Strait and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.

The arms destruction precedence set up by the US and the former Soviet Union can serve as a good example for Taiwan and China, he proposed.

Meanwhile, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), who is the spiritual leader of the TSU, advocated a new constitution for Taiwan, describing it as an urgent need for Taiwan in its efforts to become a truly independent, free and democratic nation.

The Republic of China, Taiwan's current formal designation, is a laggard name for the country and the international community, Lee said, claiming that the country must be renamed to effectively reach out to the world.
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