Taiwanrocks! Tâi-ôan-chio♿h!

The world is coming to an end. Taiwan's stock market dropped from a 9000 to a 4200 in one year. According to Taipei Times, in 2008 Taiwan's stock market stripped off 3900 points, and Taiwan fell from 23 largest economy to 24th. The DOW Industrials has fallen to a 6800 - a more than 50% drop. Wherever we look, we see negative GDPs and signs that global economies are falling. However, China, who recently adopted capitalist markets after years of communist reign, is quickly gaining on America's economy, which is currently still #1. The world seems upside down. Everyone is saying America sucks and investing in China, and that is possibly the worst that could happen to Taiwan. When China attacks, no one will dare to impede, as everyone is salivating over the benefits of investing in China. Even Taiwan itself is bursting to grab a bit of China's wealth. In these dark times, where life becomes so harsh that you must ask the enemy for help, we must still keep our dignity, and not forget our goal. We must continue to guard our democracy and our freedom over this increasingly powerful enemy of ours – the People’s Republic. Every struggling peoples eventually reaches this wall of opposition, of discouragement, and of hopelessness. In the middle of the Revolutionary War, when America seemed to be losing and Britain defeating the rag tag American’s in almost every battle, Britain sent out a document which would pardon any American citizen who signed it and promised not to rebel. Over 13,000 Americans signed that document. I’m sure they felt guilty after the revolution was over. So don’t be the guilty one, and keep your head high. We are Taiwanese, overseas or not, and that is a position that requires respect for Taiwan, not slavish admittance to China. If you are such a coward to give up the freedom and democracy your government gives you for the promised riches of wealth, then you deserve not to live or associate with your country. Don't give up now, remember, when the economy gets to the lowest point, it will probably start to recover, as it did in several other recessions. It is only a bit longer....