Sunday 9 December 2012

Calm heads must prevail in Islands row , Ex-U.S. official .

                             It  should  not  separate   Nationalism  from  the  Issue .          No  nationalism  -No  nation  !
                  No   nation- No  state  !
                 No  state - No  sovereignty  ! 
  I   don't  understand  Mr. Christopher  Hill  ,  said  that  , "It  is  important  to  separate  nationalism  from  the   issue  and   avoid  Zero-sum  that  is   a  complex  theory  in  which  a   participant's  gaines  or  losses  are  added  up  or  subtracted   ,   they   will  sum  to  Zero  .
             Would  you   give    a  lecture   for   our  Tiawanese  to   understand  it  ?   
          Would   you   mean  under   the   scope  of  the  Taiwan  Relation   Act  ?
         Would   you   need   an  assistant  professor  from  Taiwan  to  explain  about   the  Zero-sum   theory  ?  ........
       It   is   really  Sovereignty   Issue  which  should   be   placed  neither  the   19th  century  nor   the  21st   century  as  a   pre-fix  or   modifier  of   Sovereignty   to   define  .
    God   bless   with  you! 
 Read   the   following  News   :
        
TAIPEI - All countries involved in a recent row in the East China Sea should put aside sovereignty disputes to engage in rational dialogue for the benefit of all parties, a visiting former United States official said yesterday in Taipei.
"People should look at the issue (East China Sea row) not as a 19th-century sovereignty question ... rather it is an issue more of the 21st century," Christopher Hill, former assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the US State Department, said during an interview.
By declaring it a "21st century" issue, Hill said he was noting that the issue also involves the economic interests of all concerned parties as well as their rights to maritime passage.
Dealing with the issue solely from a sovereignty point of view is not feasible, he said, adding that it is better to try to break down the issue. He said it was important to calm peoples' emotions.
It is important to separate nationalism from the issue and avoid zero-sum thinking, Hill said, and focus instead on finding a "win-win" solution in a calm manner.
He said he has recently seen some hints of calm rationality prevailing but more needs to be done to prevent the issue from being mishandled.
Hill made the remarks when asked to comment on a recent row in the East China Sea over the disputed Diaoyutai Islands, which Japan calls the Senkaku Islands. Taiwan, China and Japan all lay claim to the island chain.
Hill, the incumbent dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, is visiting Taiwan on a six-day trip that is scheduled to conclude Monday.
The purpose of his visit is to gain a deeper understanding for a range of issues, including the development of Taiwan-US and cross-Taiwan Strait relations.
Hill served as assistant secretary between 2005 and 2009. He has also served as US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea and Poland.
TAIPEI - All countries involved in a recent row in the East China Sea should put aside sovereignty disputes to engage in rational dialogue for the benefit of all parties, a visiting former United States official said yesterday in Taipei.
"People should look at the issue (East China Sea row) not as a 19th-century sovereignty question ... rather it is an issue more of the 21st century," Christopher Hill, former assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the US State Department, said during an interview.
By declaring it a "21st century" issue, Hill said he was noting that the issue also involves the economic interests of all concerned parties as well as their rights to maritime passage.
Dealing with the issue solely from a sovereignty point of view is not feasible, he said, adding that it is better to try to break down the issue. He said it was important to calm peoples' emotions.
It is important to separate nationalism from the issue and avoid zero-sum thinking, Hill said, and focus instead on finding a "win-win" solution in a calm manner.
He said he has recently seen some hints of calm rationality prevailing but more needs to be done to prevent the issue from being mishandled.
Hill made the remarks when asked to comment on a recent row in the East China Sea over the disputed Diaoyutai Islands, which Japan calls the Senkaku Islands. Taiwan, China and Japan all lay claim to the island chain.
Hill, the incumbent dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, is visiting Taiwan on a six-day trip that is scheduled to conclude Monday.
The purpose of his visit is to gain a deeper understanding for a range of issues, including the development of Taiwan-US and cross-Taiwan Strait relations.
Hill served as assistant secretary between 2005 and 2009. He has also served as US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea and Poland.


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