[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE UNFORTUNATE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 19, 2007

  Mr. SESSIONS. Madam Speaker, two years ago, China passed its anti-
secession law, codifying its use of force against Taiwan. Despite 
Taiwan's pleas for friendship and worldwide condemnation of the 
legislation, China has continued its military buildup along the coast 
of Taiwan and heightened its rhetoric against the people of Taiwan. The 
23 million people of Taiwan feel insecure and worry about present or 
future military confrontations in the Taiwan Strait.
  Even more ominously, China recently successfully tested an anti-
satellite missile, threatening the surveillance satellites of India, 
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Europe and Russia. 
China's development of space-based technology will seriously threaten 
U.S. military operations and world peace. This action, when combined 
with other actions by the PRC, should raise serious concerns among my 
colleagues about future moves that China may conduct.
  For the sake of world peace, I urge my colleagues to continue to 
speak out against the Chinese military buildup. China's military 
intimidations against Taiwan pose a serious threat to the well-being of 
the peaceful 23 million people that reside in Democratic Taiwan. It is 
in our best interests for people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to 
live in peace and any military action against Taiwan will lead to chaos 
and destruction for many countries in the region. As a start to 
maintaining this critical peace on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, 
China should rescind its anti-secession legislation now. This 
legislation should have never been adopted by the Chinese, and 
therefore I ask for its immediate repeal.

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