[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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             REFLECTIONS ON UNITED STATES-TAIWAN FRIENDSHIP

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                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, these are auspicious days for the 
Republic of China. After 6 years here in Washington, Representative 
Mou-Shih Ding of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative's 
Office of returning to Taipei to become the Secretary General of the 
National Security Council. I would like to congratulate Representative 
Ding on this latest promotion and wish him Godspeed in his new post. I 
am sure that he will continue to serve his country with the same grace 
and dignity that he has exhibited while here in Washington.
  I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome to Washington 
Representative Ding's successor, Benjamin Lu, who, like Mou-Shih Ding, 
has had a long and distinguished career in the Foreign Service. I am 
confident that the special relationship between our two countries will 
continue to flourish under Benjamin Lu's stewardship.
  October 10 marks the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of 
China, a day that is marked here in Washington by a number of cultural 
events. However, there is a more important reason for us to celebrate 
this date along with our Chinese friends, for it is only under a 
democratic system that Taiwan has been able to flourish economically 
and socially as we have seen over the past decade, becoming one of the 
world's leading economic powers.
  To help us celebrate all of these momentous accomplishments for our 
friends on Taiwan. I urge my colleagues to support U.N. membership for 
the Republic of China on Taiwan. Although a member of several 
international organizations, the Republic of China has been refused a 
seat in the United Nations, which to many of us is truly absurd, for it 
denies to the world the many economic, social, cultural, environmental, 
and democratic benefits that the Republic of China's membership could 
bring. I know that Representative Ding has worked tirelessly for the 
last year on this matter, and I know that Benjamin Lu will also be 
deeply involved. I can think of no better way for us to show our 
support for the democrat ideals found in the Republic of China than to 
support this U.N. bid.

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