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Viewing cable 07AITTAIPEI2623, MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS

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07AITTAIPEI2623 2007-12-19 09:14 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0005
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #2623/01 3530914
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 190914Z DEC 07
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7624
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 7556
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 8829
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 002623 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/TC, EAP/PA, EAP/PD - NIDA EMMONS 
DEPARTMENT PASS AIT/WASHINGTON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS 
 
1. Summary:  Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news 
coverage December 19 on the controversy over the "one-step" and 
"two-step" voting formats for the 2008 legislative elections; on the 
arrest of a former Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau 
operative Tuesday who has allegedly threatened President Chen 
Shui-bian and several DPP and KMT politicians; on Japan's successful 
test of SM3 missile defense system Tuesday; and on the presidential 
elections in South Korea today.  The pro-independence "Liberty 
Times" ran an exclusive news story on page two with a banner 
headline saying "On the Topic of Dirty Tricks, U.S. Official Says It 
is [Vincent] Siew, Not [Raymond] Burghardt Who Has Brought It up." 
The English-language "Taipei Times," the sister paper of the 
"Liberty Times," also ran the same full story in English on its 
front page. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a "Liberty Times" op-ed 
criticized AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's comment on Taiwan's UN 
referendum and urged KMT vice presidential candidate Vincent Siew to 
state clearly what he said during his meeting with Burghardt on 
December 8.  A "Taipei Times" op-ed also urged Washington to "do the 
right thing" and support Taiwan's membership in the international 
organizations.  End summary. 
 
A) "Please State It Plainly and Clearly" 
 
Chang Teh-chien, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in 
Taiwan, opined in the pro-independence "Liberty Times" [circulation: 
720,000] (12/19): 
 
"...  AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taiwan was official 
by nature; he came to Taiwan prior to the presidential election, so 
the timing was highly sensitive.  Visiting Taiwan in his capacity as 
a diplomatic envoy and coming from the United States of America, 
which honors democracy and freedom as its founding principles, 
Burghardt was supposed to speak up for Taiwan in a respectful and 
supportive manner with regard to the democratic and rational means 
the Taiwan people plan to adopt to voice their will, and to make 
Taiwan a world model of 'founding its nation by peaceful and 
democratic means.'  Unexpectedly, Burghardt, as if in an attempt to 
interfere with Taiwan's domestic affairs, cited a farfetched reason 
such as 'it [i.e. the UN referendum] may possibly affect 
cross-Strait peace' and told this to a vice presidential candidate. 
The move [by Burghardt] was highly inappropriate in terms of his 
status as a diplomatic envoy.  Also, Burghardt seems to have 
forgotten that had people like George Washington and Benjamin 
Franklin accepted the principle of 'sacrificing justice for the sake 
of peace' more than two hundred years ago, would the United States 
and the UN have been able to claim themselves to be the 'defenders 
of human rights' nowadays?  The Taiwan people like to become friends 
with people from other countries, but they definitely will not 
accept hypocrites who interfere and suppress them in the excuse of 
fake friendship. ..." 
 
B) "The US Needs to Do the Right Thing" 
 
Chen Wen-yen, executive director of the Washington-based Formosan 
Association for Public Affairs, opined in the pro-independence, 
English-language "Taipei Times" [circulation: 30,000] (12/19): 
 
"... On Dec. 6, Deputy Assistant US Secretary of State Thomas 
Christensen reiterated his opposition to the referendum, while a few 
days later, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Ray 
Burghardt made similar statements during a visit to Taipei.  These 
statements are undermining democracy in Taiwan and are playing into 
China's hands. As an organization of US citizens of Taiwanese 
descent we find this unacceptable. ...  The statements by 
Christensen and Burghardt are also antithetical to keeping a level 
playing field in Taiwan. 
 
"By singling out the Democratic Progressive Party's referendum and 
not saying anything about a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) 
referendum -- which also supports joining the UN -- Christensen and 
Burghardt are taking sides in an internal Taiwanese debate and are 
influencing the election campaign. No doubt their statements will be 
played up by the pan-blue press.  In opposing the referendum, the US 
officials are regrettably doing the bidding of the authoritarian 
leaders of China. Beijing long ago learned that the shortest way to 
Taipei is through Washington and is now manipulating the US into 
trying to 'control' Taiwan.  In spite of US denials, it is letting 
itself be used to 'co-manage' Taiwan. ... 
 
"Christensen and Burghardt also made statements to the effect that 
they want to stick to the faulty and outdated 'one China' policy. 
We would like to quote one of Burghardt's own statements: 'One of 
the wonderful things about democracy is that when new leaders come 
in, the new leaders present a new opportunity.'  We certainly hope 
that, when a new leader comes into power in Washington, he or she 
will see fit to ditch the anachronistic 'one China' policy and 
replace it with a pragmatic policy based on the reality that Taiwan 
 
is a free and democratic nation in its own right.  In the meantime, 
we of course hope that the administration of US President George W. 
Bush will be sensible and rational on the issue of the DPP's 
referendum, and not overreact. For the time being, it should remain 
quiet on the issue and let democracy in Taiwan take its course. 
..." 
 
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