Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 06AITTAIPEI2626, MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TRADE

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #06AITTAIPEI2626.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06AITTAIPEI2626 2006-08-04 07:49 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0005
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #2626/01 2160749
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 040749Z AUG 06
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1426
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 5514
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 6724
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 002626 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/TC, EAP/PA, EAP/PD - SCOTT WALKER 
DEPARTMENT PASS AIT/WASHINGTON 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
 
 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TRADE 
 
 
1. Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant 
coverage August 4 to a Supreme Administrative Court ruling Thursday, 
which voided a controversial partnership between the Ministry of 
Transportation and Communications and a local company on the 
operation of the highway electronic toll collection system.  News 
coverage also focused on Premier Su Tseng-chang's clarification of 
his 'revisionist line,' and President Chen Shui-bian's continued 
efforts to clarify the details of the Presidential Office's special 
state affairs expense account.  The pro-unification "United Daily 
News" ran a banner headline on page four that read "Fixing Su's 
Revisionist Line?  Bian Determines Cross-Strait Trade and Economic 
[Policy]."  The pro-status quo "China Times," on the other hand, 
front-paged an exclusive story about a possible reshuffle of the 
Cabinet's economic and financial chiefs. 
 
Most papers also reported in inside pages remarks by Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen Thursday before the 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.  Christensen 
said the U.S. views the possible visit by China's Taiwan Affairs 
Council Director Chen Yunlin to Taiwan as a positive development and 
will continue to urge China to engage in direct dialogue with 
Taiwan's duly-elected leaders. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an editorial in the 
pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, urged 
Premier Su to use concrete action to strive for the sustainable 
development of Taiwan's economy.  An editorial in the 
limited-circulation, pro-independence, English-language "Taiwan 
News" also praised Su for holding his line on the ceiling on 
investments in China.  End summary. 
 
A) "Premier Su Should Use Concrete Action to Strive for Sustainable 
Development of Taiwan's Economy" 
 
The pro-independence "Liberty Times" [circulation: 600,000] 
editorialized (8/4): 
 
"... Indeed, people in Taiwan are basically divided into two rival 
camps:  the pro-China one and the nativist one.  The former camp 
calls for complete leaning toward and opening to China, viewing the 
Chinese market as the only place on which Taiwan's future hinges, 
while the other camp sticks to the 'Taiwan first' idea and the 
nativist line, and pushes for sustainable development of Taiwan's 
economy, in order to consolidate nativist values and Taiwan-centered 
consciousness.  The two camps have completely different thoughts 
about Taiwan's future.  Some people have labeled the nativist line 
as fundamentalist, meaning that they determine economic affairs with 
their ideology, whereas the pro-China camp was described as 
pragmatic, as if these people use reason to think about cross-Strait 
relations.  But the truth is just the opposite.  Since cross-Strait 
economics is essential to Taiwan's survival, the nativist camp -- 
which wants to ensure Taiwan's survival and development and is 
undeceived by the myth of the Chinese market -- is the real 
pragmatist.  The pro-China camp, which indulges in wishful thinking 
about China and totally disregards China's threats to Taiwan's 
survival ... is actually the authentic fundamentalist. ...  Luckily, 
Premier Su also understands the ill intentions of the pro-China 
media and the negative impact of the 'Su revisionist line.'  Premier 
Su should thus not only orally reiterate his insistence on the 
'Proactive Management' policy, but also use concrete action to 
manifest the nativist line.  Only by doing so can he remove other 
people's doubts and set a solid foundation for the sustainable 
development of Taiwan's economy." 
 
B) "Su Merits Praise for Holding Line on PRC Ceiling" 
 
The pro-independence, English-language "Taiwan News" [circulation: 
20,000] editorialized (8/4): 
 
"We strongly approve of Wednesday's decision by Premier Su 
Tseng-chang that the Democratic Progressive Party-led Cabinet will 
 
SIPDIS 
not lift the so-called 'ceiling' on foreign investment by Taiwan 
publicly listed companies into the hostile People's Republic of 
China. ...  As was entirely predictable, business calls for a 
lifting of the investment ceiling, which really benefits only large 
scale Taiwan conglomerates, and immediate direct air passenger links 
with the PRC were met with intense opposition from delegates 
representing labor, social welfare groups, environmentalists and 
many lawmakers from the pan-green Taiwan Solidarity Union and the 
DPP itself. ... 
 
"We also urge business leaders and their media spokespersons to 
abandon 'semantic games,' such as the convoluted claim that the DPP 
administration should lift the ceiling because a ban on such a move 
did not receive 'consensus' support.  The best way that proponents 
can build support for a lifting of the ceiling is to comply with the 
consensus of the 'global deployment and cross-strait economics' 
section of the conference on the construction of a genuinely 
effective risk management mechanism and show in action their 
willingness to 'invest in Taiwan first' without demanding that 
Taiwan society reduce our standards of wages, environmental 
protection or the human and civic rights of domestic and foreign 
labor in exchange." 
 
YOUNG