ray,
a lot of taiwanese aren't real happy with chen shui-bian about this one. trying to coincide this bit of flag-waving with the taiwanese elections, gee, i wonder why he's doing this now
the opposition candidate ma ying-jeou is pressing for the traditional compromise solution, which is to push for UN membership under the moniker "republic of china".
either way, taiwan doesn't have a chance in hell of getting in the UN. just so much political theater.