[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1759]
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     CELEBRATING THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN'S) 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 4, 2011

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, October 10th marks the 
100th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China (Taiwan). 
Sharing the same ideals of individual liberty and freedom, Taiwan and 
the United States have developed a strong relationship and become 
strong allies for one another. Double Ten Day has long been special to 
our family with our third son, Julian Dusenbury Wilson born October 10, 
1971.
  During World War II, the two countries fought side by side against 
the Japanese invaders. My father, Hugh DeVeaux Wilson, joined the 
Fourteenth Air Force of the Army Air Corps known as the now famous 
Flying Tigers. The Flying Tigers served an integral role in the battles 
of the Pacific Theater of World War II protecting millions of Chinese 
from the invaders. My father developed a life-long appreciation of the 
Chinese people and the Chinese culture. Consequently, the First Lady 
Madame Chiang Kai-shek became the first woman to ever address a joint 
session of the United States Congress.
  During the Cold War, Taiwan played a pivotal role in America's Korean 
War effort. General Douglas MacArthur once described Taiwan as an 
``unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Pacific'' when discussing the 
alliance during the Korean War effort.
  Taiwan was also a key base, and intelligence-gathering source, for 
U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. I have visited the capitol of Taipei 
and it has become a model of economic dynamism for capitalism which 
obviously has influenced mainland Chinese who abandoned the failed 
economic system of communism for the opportunities of free market 
capitalism.
  I therefore, urge all my colleagues to join me in congratulating one 
of our nation's strongest allies, the Republic of China, Taiwan, on its 
century of existence and the fine democratic example which it has set 
for nations across Asia.

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