Four decades ago a corrupt, undemocratic regime on a Caribbean island was overthrown by a Marxist-inspired revolution. Since then, the United States has maintained a trade embargo on that nation, which President Bush has again confirmed, stating that true political and democratic reforms must be instituted before we can relax the embargo.
Just over a decade before the Cuban revolution, a similar revolution occurred on the East Asian mainland.
The United States, however, has felt fit for almost three decades to trade with that nation.
Unfortunately for the Marxist-inspired revolutionaries in Asia, they were unable to rid their territory of all vestiges of the previous regime. As a result, the only truly free, democratic political entity in Chinese history flourishes on the island province of Taiwan. The freely elected political leaders of the Republic of China are not even allowed official contact with U.S. administration officials.
In keeping with President Bush’s high ideals for Cuba, I look forward to when the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China is sent packing back to Beijing and the freely elected president of the Republic of China, presently in Taiwan province, is welcomed at the White House.
