Taipei Times
Date: Aug 30, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan is a free and democratic nation that is not for sale, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, after a petition on the US White House’s Web site called for the US government to purchase Taiwan instead of Greenland.

The petition (https://bit.ly/2Pj02pA) was created on Tuesday by a user named “C.C.”

“Taiwan stands at the frontline of the free world’s battle against tyranny and oppression, struggling to fend off an authoritarian regime bent on annexing it. Taiwanese people share core universal values with Americans: democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law,” the petition says.

“Purchasing Taiwan will bolster US security and interest [sic] in the Asia-Pacific region and protect Taiwanese people from Communism,” it says.    [FULL  STORY]