The Lien Ho Pao (United Daily News) said July 25 that negotiations and U.S. troop withdrawal will not bring peace to Southeast Asia.
The paper said: "According to recent news reports, Chinese Communist influence in North Vietnam has expanded and Russian influence has diminished. The worsening Cambodian situation and the activities of ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk have firmed up North Vietnam's stand against South Vietnam and the United States.
"The United States' mistake was to withdraw troops unilaterally before basic issues were settled at the Paris peace talks. North Vietnam is fully aware that sooner or later all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Asia. Hanoi sees no reason to make any concessions at the Paris talks nor to relax aggression in Indochina.
"The future of Vietnam does not depend upon the Paris talks. It depends upon the free Asian nations waging total war against the Communists."
The Chung Kua Shih Pao (China Times) said August 6 that President Nixon's acceptance of coalition amounts to acceptance of Communist takeover in South Vietnam.
The paper said: "Only a few days ago President Nixon said he opposed a coalition government before internationally supervised elections in Vietnam. His later decision to accept coalition marks another defeat in the face of Communist demands and may be the result of secret talks between Washington and Moscow.
"Any form of coalition government will be sabotaged by the Communists even if their representation is small. The United States is making another policy mistake in Asia."
The Ta Chung Jih Pao (Everybody's Daily) said August 7 that young Americans who died in Vietnam fighting the Communists may have died in vain.
Nixon's willingness to accept a negotiated coalition government in South Vietnam is a betrayal of the Saigon government and the freedom-loving Vietnamese people.
"To the Communists, coalition government is a means to aggression It is not an end. The Communists want eternal war, chaos and class struggle, not peace.
"President Nixon is betraying American youths who have died in Vietnam defending peace, freedom and democracy.
"Asians and other free world peoples will not want to continue alliance with and reliance upon a government which betrays allies and its own citizens."
Commenting on the same subject, the Shin Sheng Pao (New Life Daily News) said August 7 that establishment of a coalition government in Vietnam would mean the failure of all of President Nixon's anti-Communist policies in Asia.
The paper said: "Any form of coalition government in Vietnam will be sabotaged by the Communists and eventually taken over by them.
"Establishment of a coalition in Vietnam would lead to similar solutions in Laos and Cambodia. The Communists would not need soldiers to take over all Southeast Asia.
"President Nixon's acceptance of a negotiated coalition in Vietnam "mounts to nullification of the Vietnamization program and his doctrine to let Asians defend Asia against Communism. Nixon is not replacing confrontation with negotiation but replacing hope for freedom and peace with defeat by Communism."
China News- Oil and the Senkakus
The China News said August 19 that Japan has no rightful claim to the Senkaku Islands.
The paper said: "Japan is trying to throw its new-found weight around in connection with prospecting for oil off the Senkaku Islands.
"These uninhabited specks of volcanic rock are north of Taiwan find southwest of Okinawa. They are only about 150 miles from Taiwan and are a part of the Republic of China's continental shelf.
"More than a year ago, the Chinese government announced its right to prospect for resources in the seas of its continental shelf area. Although this clearly implied an intention to undertake a search for oil, the Japanese government said nothing.
"Only when the Chinese Petroleum Corporation contracted with American companies for exploration did the Japanese make objections which included a claim to the Senkaku Islands.
"Japan does not own the Senkakus. For that matter, even the Japanese claim to the Ryukyus is open to doubt.
"This is a dispute that should be settled amicably, if possible. The Japanese have ample territorial shelf of their own to explore for petroleum. They do not need to poach on the Senkakus.
"If Japan declines to see that way, the Republic of China should lose no time starting the exploration and, if possible, should establish an outpost on the Senkaku Islands. When small, barren islands are involved, possession is usually nine-tenths of the law.
"Considering their worthlessness, the Senkakus have little to do with the Republic of China's right to explore for oil in the seas north of Taiwan. The controlling doctrine of international law is that of the continental shelf, and this country has signed an international convention on the subject. Ratification is pending.
"In answering the representations of the Japanese, the ROC government can politely point out that the San Francisco Peace Treaty precludes further territorial claims by Japan. With the Pacific War only a quarter of a century in the past, other Asians will not regard any such Japanese move with equanimity."
Everybody's Daily - Korea and the U.S.
The Ta Chung Jih Pao said July 20 that the United States must not withdraw its troops from South Korea.
The paper said: "Peiping and Pyongyang have joined in threatening further aggression and a new war against South Korea. The Communists are also determined to prevent Japanese rearmament. A weak South Korea and Japan will invite Communist attack.
"The Nixon doctrine does not provide for withdrawal of troops from South Korea. On the contrary the doctrine requires that more U.S. troops be stationed in Korea if it is to be satisfactorily implemented.
"U.S. withdrawals from Korea would destroy the Nixon doctrine and open the way for new Communist expansion and aggression."
The Chung Kuo Shih Pao said July 25 that U.S.-Korean relations must not be weakened.
The paper said: "Pyongyang and Peiping are closely watching recent U.S.-Korean negotiations. The Korean and Chinese Communists are waiting impatiently to attack South Korea. The Communists consider U.S.-South Korean tensions an opening for subversion.
"The Communists tear a strong Asian collective security system. The United States should help establish such a system before withdrawing more troops from Asia."
The Min Tsu Evening News said July 28 that North Korea's "invasion" of South Korea awaits orders from Peiping.
The paper said: "The Chinese Communist attempt to take over Indochina has not been too successful. Such formerly neutral nations as Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand are now fighting against the Communists. However, countries that are strongly anti-Communist are suffering from cutbacks in U.S. military assistance and massive U.S. troop withdrawals. Communist threats of aggression are being intensified.
"The Communists have a well planned scheme to communize Asia. Free Asian nations should have a counter-plan to safeguard their freedom and democracy."
Commenting on the U.S.-South Korean Defense Conference, the China Post said July 24: "We are glad that the United States promised 'no American troops would be withdrawn until modernization of the ROK defenses was completed.'
"This promise paved the way for other agreements which brought the Third U.S.-Korean Defense Conference to a successful conclusion.
"The agreement also averted worsening of relations between the two allies at this critical juncture of the Asian situation. In agreeing to postpone its withdrawal plan, the United States has shown great statesmanship, much to the relief of other Asian nations.
"The South Korean delegation headed by Defense Minister Jung Nae Huk deserves commendation for achieving such a difficult task."
New Life Daily News - Asian security system
The Shin Sheng Pao said July 28 that a strong Asian security system is needed to fill the vacuum created by U.S. troop withdrawals.
The paper said: "The Chinese Communists have said they will fight alongside the North Koreans against the Americans and Japanese. This is their reaction to plans for U.S. troop withdrawals from South Korea.
"Communist advances in Indochina indicate the Reds are waiting o take over Asia step by step following U.S. troop withdrawals from Okinawa, the Philippines, Korea and Vietnam. The Communists want the United States to get out of Asia and Free Asian countries may not be able to prevent such a withdrawal. Only a strong collective security system can safeguard free Asia."
Commenting on U.S. presence in Asia, the English-language China News said July 28: "This is how the U.S. presence in Asia is shaping up:
"South Vietnam - Large-scale withdrawals with no announced end in sight.
"Cambodia - All American forces withdrawn.
"Thailand - Several thousand airmen pulled out and further reductions in prospect.
"Philippines - Reduction of 6,000 leaving about 18,000.
"Japan - Reduction of the 40,000-man force under study.
"Korea - About a third of the 60,000-man force to be withdrawn as the Korean armed forces are strengthened.
"Okinawa - Sizable reductions when the Japanese take over in 1972.
"There is assuredly some point at which U.S. withdrawals would become acutely dangerous. No one loves a power vacuum more than the Communists. Most Communist expansion has been a matter of taking over what was not strongly defended.
"In the situation of the early 1970s, Americans and Asians will need to make sure that another power vacuum is not created. The cost of fighting an Asian and Pacific war would be far larger than U.S. maintenance in Asia of forces sufficiently strong to deter the Communists.
"The United States must sooner or later come to understand that implementation of the Nixon doctrine and disengagement of American military manpower from Asia will become possible only with establishment of the Pacific and Asian Treaty Organization. The system of bilateral treaties is too complicated and requires a sizable U.S. presence in each country.
"Americans have felt there are too many obstacles in the way of PATO-old rivalries, conflicting goals and the determination of Japan to remain aloof until it can replace the United States in the dominant role.
"Asia has changed, however some progress toward unity has been made. Several countries are prepared to accept the PATO concept now. Others can be persuaded. U.S. influence remain strong in Japan. But even if the Japanese hang back at this time, that would not prevent the setting up of the basic PATO framework.
"The United States is not going to pull up stakes and leave Asia. Those few Americans who dream of neo-isolationism don't understand the world they live in. They will not prevail. The danger resides in the possibility that the United States will weaken its presence to the extent of inviting the Communists to undertake new aggressions. Possible targets are Thailand, Taiwan and Korea.
"Wars with Communism are fought because of free world weakness, not strength. The fact there has been no war in Europe is attributable to the preventive might of NATO. When the United States comes to see this simple truth, Asian security can be greatly enhanced at a lower American cost in manpower and perhaps in money, too."
United Daily News - Visitor from Vietnam
Welcoming Premier Tran Thien Khiem to Taiwan, the Lien Ho Pao said August 11 that the Republic of China stands firmly with the Republic of Vietnam in opposing any form of negotiated coalition government in Vietnam.
The paper said: "The Republics of Vietnam and China face the same Chinese Communist threat. Present Sino-Vietnamese cooperation should be expanded to bring about a·regional security system against the Communists.
"The Republics of China and Vietnam should cooperate in carrying out President Nixon's call for Asian defense by Asians and in opposing any U.S. appeasement of the Communists.
"Intimate cooperation between the Republics of China and Vietnam is a prerequisite to an Asian collective security system."
"Commenting on the same subject, the Ta Chung Jih Pao said August 11:
"The Republic of China has acquired much experience in fighting the Chinese Communists. What the Communists mean by coalition is not the same as the democratic idea of coalition. The Republic of China joins the Republic of Vietnam in opposing any form of a coalition in Vietnam.
"A democratic coalition with the Communists is impossible. The Communists must agree to a cease-fire before negotiations or any other steps toward peace. They will never do so.
"The Republics of Vietnam, China and Korea know the only way to combat Communism is to fight. Premier Tran Thien Khiem's visit to the Republic of China will strengthen anti-Communist unity in Asia."
The China Post said: "General Khiem is an old China hand. He was Vietnamese Ambassador to Taipei from 1965 to 1968.
"Sino-Vietnamese relations have always been cordial and friendly. We have a military assistance mission In Saigon and an agricultural technical assistance group that has set up its outposts in various regions of the Republic of Vietnam to help millions of brave people fight for their freedom and independence.
"Premier Khiem's visit will contribute much to promotion of Sino-Vietnamese friendship and cooperation."
The Shin Sheng Pao said August 12 that relations between the Republics of China and Vietnam should be strengthened to provide an example for other Asian nations.
The paper said: "Communist threats at the Paris talks and military expansion in Indochina increase the need for stronger bilateral and multilateral relations among anti-Communist Asian nations.
"The Republic of Vietnam, China and Korea have contributed much to the defense of the Pacific region but cooperation needs to be even closer.
"It is hoped tee Taiwan visit of South Vietnamese Premier Tran Thien Khiem will contribute to that objective.”
Central Daily News - Peiping vs. Moscow
The Chung Yang Jih Pao (Central Daily News) said August 14 that Peiping-Moscow tensions will not be relaxed.
The paper said: “Premier Kosygin has expressed the desire to negotiate an end to the Peiping-Moscow conflict. But Peiping doesn't want an agreement. The Chinese Communists need war preparations ostensibly directed at the Soviet Union to save the Mao Tse-tung regime.
"Even Kosygin's willingness to negotiate is a cover for the Russian military buildup along the China mainland border."
Commenting on the same subject, the China Post said August 14: "A recent study by the Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies says that the Soviet Union has moved 30 or more divisions to the 4,000-mile frontier with Communist China.
"According to study director Robert A. Kilmarx, the movement of Soviet troops was undertaken in accordance with 'new trends in the Kremlin' during the summer of 1969. Soviet forces along the border originally totaled 12 to 13 under-strength divisions. These were brought up to full strength. Soviet units armed with artillery, rockets, aircraft and all the equipment necessary for waging conventional or nuclear war are deployed in Outer Mongolia. General Vladimir F. Tolubko, former first deputy commander of rocket troops, has been appointed commander of Soviet forces in the Far Eastern region.
"The political implications of the Russian build-up are very important. Although both sides recently made such gestures as the appointment of ambassadors and the designation of new delegates for border talks, they still are attacking each other in violent language.
"Chinese Communist maneuvers on the Indochinese Peninsula have pushed Soviet influence there to its lowest ebb. 'The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong are now closer to the Chinese Communists than ever. Sihanouk's unconditional surrender to the Chinese Communists has changed the situation in the Cambodian war. Washington's decision to withdraw its forces from Cambodia and South Vietnam plays into the hands of the Chinese Communists. It seems that both the United States and Soviet Russia are going to lose out in Indochina. The Chinese Communists' successful flirtation with North Korea has made matters worse.
"Soviet Communists are alert to these adverse trends and would like to take appropriate measures to offset them. The strengthening of border forces is one such measure."
China News - Trade with Japan
Commenting on trade relations between the Republic of China and Japan, the China News said July 27: "Government decision to boycott Japanese companies which accept Chou En-lai's 'four trade principles' is not likely to have any earthshaking impact on the Republic of China's commerce with Japan.
"This country has been discouraging trade with companies friendly to the Chinese Communists for years. Contraventions of this policy have not involved a trade volume of any size.
"The boycott tells Japanese industrialists and traders what they already know. Those who trade with the Chinese Communists do not trade with us. And vice versa.
"Any commerce that we may have had with companies friendly to Peiping can easily be transferred to those who side with the Republic of China. Nor would it hurt to diversify our purchasing and cut down on the trade deficit with Japan.
'Taiwan is still a better market than the Chinese mainland for the Japanese. This reflects not only a larger volume but the fact that the balance with this country is so highly favorable to Japan.
"While wishing that Japan would not trade with the Chinese Communists, we are aware that the Japanese will continue to do so. We can insist that Japan continue to separate economics from politics and let Japanese business and industry know there is going to be no double standard in Chinese trade.
"Those who trade with our enemies cannot be our friends."
The Ta Chung Jih Pao of July 30 urged strong measures be taken against Japanese firms trading with Peiping.
The paper said: "The Board of Trade of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China has ruled Japanese firms which have accepted Chou En-lai's 'four trade principles' may not conduct business activities in Taiwan.
"Peiping's trade relations with other countries are politically oriented. Japanese business circles have a strong influence in Japanese politics.
"We strongly urge the government to implement the following four steps to defend our interests:
"1. All commercial relations with Japanese firms trading with Peiping should be terminated.
"2. All branches in Taiwan of Japanese firms trading with Peiping should be closed and removed from Taiwan.
"3. All investments of Japanese firms trading with Peiping should be confiscated and technicians and representatives deported from Taiwan.
"4. Japanese firms which do not terminate their trade relations with Peiping should not be allowed to resume trade relations with Taiwan."
The Lien Ho Pao said August 12 that friends and enemies should be separated.
The paper said: ''The government of the Republic of China should publish the list of Japanese firms which have trade relations with Peiping and enforce the separation of friends from foes.
"Japanese firms which have secret trade relationships with Peiping should be exposed and their trade activities with the Republic of China severed.
"If Japan wants to be considered an Asian political power, it will have to distinguish between friend and enemy."
China Post - Yuyitungs' trial
Commenting on the trial of the Yuyitung brothers, the China Post said August 18 that the verdict was ·"fair and lenient.
The paper said: "Quintin and Rizal Yuyitung, Chinese newsmen in Manila deported here last May 4, were given a public trial August 14 and sentenced to undergo 'reformatory education' for two and three years, respectively, for spreading Communist propaganda. Prior to their deportation, they were publisher and editor of the Chinese Commercial News in Manila.
"There have been quite a number of hysterical outcries about the military court's trial of the Yuyitung brothers. One Hongkong newspaper described 'reformatory education' as a 'euphemism for the ugly word 'prison.' Others blamed the Republic of China and the Philippines for what they called an unfair trial.
"Those who raised these outcries are in no position to judge. Few of them attended the trial as observers. If they had, they could never say the trial was unfair.
"Many people believe a civilian should not be tried by a military tribunal. So do we. But there are exceptions. A country at war may enforce martial law and try civilians in a military court.
"Most of those people who have protested do not quite understand the situation of the Republic of China. It is true that Taiwan's economy has been growing at one of the world's highest rates. However, many of our foreign friends forget that the Republic of China is on a wartime footing. We are suppressing the rebellion of the Chinese Communists.
"Under such circumstances, we believe, any sovereign state would act just as the Republic of China has in a case like that of the Yuyitung brothers. They are Chinese citizen. Their newspaper stories distorted the facts about Communist China. Freedom of the press was not at issue. It is a well-established practice for the press of a country at war to refrain from publishing information that may help the enemy or prove harmful to the country's war efforts.
"For these reasons, the Yuyitung brothers were tried by a military tribunal. For these reasons they were convicted. However, the military court chose to be lenient because it knew the brothers were not familiar with the situation in the Republic of China.
"Reformatory education is not a euphemism for prison. The writer of the Hongkong editorial has never visited a Productive Education Experimental Station in Taiwan. Such stations are not barricaded and look like anything but a prison."