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Viewing cable 07AITTAIPEI1549, MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.' TAIWAN POLICY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07AITTAIPEI1549 2007-07-11 08:03 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0007
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #1549/01 1920803
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 110803Z JUL 07
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5941
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 7012
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 8258
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001549 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/TC, EAP/PA, EAP/PD - BROOKE SPELLMAN 
DEPARTMENT PASS AIT/WASHINGTON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.' TAIWAN POLICY 
 
1. Summary:  Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to 
focus news coverage July 11 on the legislators' elections and the 
presidential election slated for early 2008.  Almost all papers also 
reported in the first few pages that footwear prices in Taiwan will 
go up by 30 percent after the Ministry of Finance announced Tuesday 
that it will levy an anti-dumping tax of 43.46 percent for five 
years on shoes imported from China. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the 
mass-circulation "Apple Daily" discussed the ongoing U.S. war in 
Iraq.  The article said the war has dealt a catastrophic blow to the 
U.S. image, making the U.S. prestige in the international community 
drop to a record low.  A column in the pro-unification "United Daily 
News" also chimed in by saying the war in Iraq has produced numerous 
seeds of hatred for the United States in the Islamic countries, 
which will become booby traps for the United States in the future. 
An op-ed piece in the pro-independence, English-language "Taipei 
Times," on the other hand, discussed the United States' Taiwan 
policy and said now is the time "for the U.S. to reconsider its 
policy toward Taiwan in response to the changing climate in East 
Asia."  End summary. 
 
3. Iraq 
 
A) "A War Piled up with Blood and Cash" 
 
Columnist Antonio Chiang said in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" 
[circulation: 520,000] (7/11): 
 
"... The war in Iraq has dealt a catastrophic blow to the U.S. image 
and has slashed the U.S. prestige in the international community to 
a record low.  The Bush administration's abuse of hard power has 
resulted in severe damage of the United States' soft power.  The 
Democratic Party, [as a result,] regained control of both the Senate 
and the House during last year's mid-term elections, while the 
morale of the Republican Party collapsed.  The Bush team, which has 
been floating up and down in the mighty current of war, has failed 
to find anything it can hold on to.  A huge number of American 
soldiers who have given their blood and lives in Iraq were unaware 
of what they were fighting for.  It is fortunate that the United 
States adopts a voluntary military service system now, instead of 
the conscription system used during the Vietnam War, or the anti-war 
sentiments would have shattered the Bush administration by now." 
 
B) "Is [President] Bush a 'Transformer of Deception?'" 
 
Journalist Shen Pei-chun wrote in the "United Notes" column in the 
pro-unification "United Daily News" [circulation: 400,000] (7/11): 
 
"... Within four years, [U.S. President George W.] Bush has used the 
fire of revenge as a hotbed, which created numerous seeds of hatred 
against the United States in Islamic countries.  These seeds will 
grow into booby traps for the United States in the future, and no 
one will be able to predict when they will go off or how destructive 
they will be.  The war in Iraq was supposed to be a war on 
terrorism, but the war itself has transformed into the biggest 
terrorist activity in recent years.  The purpose of this war has 
recently been glamorized by Bush verbally as [a move] for Iraq to 
'stand at a historical turning point to pursue democracy and freedom 
for the Middle East'; in other words, Iraq will be a model of 
democracy for the Middle East. 
 
"It is a pity that, even if democracy can be exported and imported 
freely, it cannot be implanted by force.  As suggested by its 
meaning, democracy means that it is the people who should make the 
decisions.  It may become another bizarre form of totalitarianism if 
a country determines for another country by force the form its 
democracy [shall take]. ..." 
 
4. U.S.' Taiwan Policy 
 
"Time for the US to Rethink Its Taiwan Policy" 
 
Professor Chen Hurng-yu of Tamkang University opined in the 
pro-independence, English-language "Taipei Times" [circulation: 
30,000] (7/11): 
 
"How the US sees the legal status of Taiwan has an important 
influence on the state of affairs in East Asia.  A common opinion 
internationally is that the US uses Taiwan as a flexible 
[bargaining?] chip to dominate East Asian affairs.  Only by viewing 
the status of Taiwan as undetermined can the US use uncertainty in 
East Asia to its advantage.  This opinion only looks at the 
situation from the US position, with the US' particular strategic 
consideration in mind.  If we look at Washington's position on 
Taiwan since the Korean War, the US has always used Taiwan as a 
check and balance on China.  The US has left the Taiwan issue 
hanging and its legal status unsettled.  Some aspects of this dual 
tactic won the approval of the government in Taipei, which adopted 
 
some measures that were in accordance with US policy. ... 
 
"Now in the post-Cold War era, there's no need for the US to avoid 
the Taiwan issue.  It should continue to acknowledge that Taiwan is 
governed by its own government and belongs to the people of Taiwan. 
The more the US avoids the Taiwan issue, or keeps putting off taking 
a stand, the more pressure it will face from Beijing.  This is not 
good for the US or Taiwan.  Washington should not keep reiterating 
that Taiwan should maintain the status quo.  If the US takes the 
position that it respects the will of the Taiwanese people and 
allows the UN to intervene in a crisis, then this position will win 
the support of the majority of countries and people, at keep curbing 
Beijing's military might in check.  It's been 18 years [sic] since 
the US broke off diplomatic relations with the ROC.  Now it's time 
for the US to reconsider its policy toward Taiwan in response to the 
changing climate in East Asia." 
 
YOUNG