Although not reported in the mainstream press, some groups in Taiwan have even called for outsourcing Taiwan's defense needs to the United States directly. They believe that Taiwan should concentrate on "national economic development," and stop trying to win an arms race with the People's Republic of China (PRC) across the Strait.
Such thinking is bolstered by a new research report issued by the Taiwan Autonomy Foundation in Los Angeles which urges a complete re-examination of the military cooperation component of the USA-Taiwan legal relationship. According to this report, a close examination of the historical and legal record from the early 1940s to the present clearly shows that the final disposition of Taiwan territory, as specified in the San Francisco Peace Treaty (SFPT) at the end of WWII in the Pacific, did not award Taiwan to the "Republic of China."
Moreover, the allegation by some parties that there was a valid transfer of Taiwan's territorial sovereignty to "China" upon the completion of the Japanese surrender ceremonies on the island, on Oct. 25, 1945, is completely unsupported by any established principle of international law. In fact, the Oct. 25, 1945, date marked the beginning of the military occupation of Taiwan, nothing more, nothing less.
Considering all of these facts, the establishment of a "Republic of China Ministry of National Defense" (ROC-MND) in Taiwan, including its General Staff Headquarters, Army, Navy, Air Force, Combined Services Forces, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Coast Guard Command, Military Police Command, etc., on Taiwan soil can only be said to rest on a highly questionable legal basis.
Significantly, this new report explains why an in-depth examination of U.S. laws and the U.S. constitution provide strong arguments why the United States should assume full responsibility for Taiwan's defense needs.
As a service to all interested parties, this report may be freely downloaded from the internet at this URL -- https://www.twdefense.info/ebook.htm
In What Way Does Taiwan's Undetermined Status Justify the Establishment of a "Republic of China Ministry of National Defense" on Taiwanese Soil?
Regarding Taiwan's so-called "undetermined legal status," all of the related questions which this report poses, investigates, and resolves, are the ones that no leading think-tanks or commentators in Washington D.C. dare to touch.
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