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Viewing cable 08AITTAIPEI588, MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS

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08AITTAIPEI588 2008-04-29 10:03 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0009
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #0588/01 1201003
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 291003Z APR 08
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8784
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 8208
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 9449
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000588 
 
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: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS 
 
 
1. Summary:  Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news 
coverage April 29 on the announcement of the second lineup of 18 
Cabinet members; on the successful rescue of eight scuba divers; and 
a victim whose blood clot and subsequent coma are suspected of being 
caused by the contraceptive patch Evra. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, major newspapers 
continued the discussion on the implications on cross-Strait 
relations of appointing Lai Shin-yuan, a hardliner vis-a-vis China, 
as the Chairperson of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council.  An 
editorial in the centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" questioned how 
Lai is going to accommodate her previous anti-China position with 
her new position.  A column in the pro-unification "United Daily 
News" tried to interpret what message the appointment of Lai sends 
to various sides.  An op-ed in the "United Daily News" warned 
Taiwan's President-elect Ma Ying-jeou that a wrong appointment, 
suggesting Lai, might consume mutual trust between Taiwan and China. 
 A column in the pro-independence "Liberty Times" criticized Lai for 
not being able to represent the Green camp's position at all.  End 
summary. 
 
A) "Several Opinions on the Second Lineup of the New Cabinet" 
 
The centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" [circulation: 400,000] 
editorialized (4/29): 
 
"... After Lai Shin-yuan takes up her position [as Chairperson of 
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC)], she will immediately face 
the resumption of dialogue between Taiwan's Straits Exchange 
Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations Across the 
Taiwan Strait (ARATS) in June, and the [opening of] weekend direct 
charter flights in July.  Will she accept them totally?  She once 
harshly lambasted the KMT for helping farmers sell fruit to China. 
Facing the revised policy of Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) 
that the COA will use public funds to subsidy eight cities and 
counties' fruit to sell to China, will [Lai] continue or expand the 
policy?  What is more important, the core of [Taiwan's 
President-elect] Ma Ying-jeou's government to improve Taiwan's 
economy lies in cross-Strait policy.  The MAC is the key 
organization in charge of whether policies [toward China] can be 
eased, including [policies under the purview of] the Central Bank, 
the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Ministry of 
Finance, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the COA, the Financial 
Supervisory Commission, and even the Sports Affairs Council.  If Lai 
has different opinions, how will Ma's government manage?  If Lai 
does not have different opinions, how will she handle sarcasm from 
both ruling and opposition party legislators during testimony before 
the Legislative Yuan? ..." 
 
B) "To Interpret Lai Shin-yuan" 
 
The "Black and White" column in the pro-unification "United Daily 
News" [circulation: 400,000] wrote (4/29): 
 
"... At the onset of a new situation, everyone is trying to find 
things out and explore, and 'releasing the wrong message' is 
something that everyone is most afraid of.  No matter what [Taiwan's 
President-elect] Ma Ying-jeou's motivation is in appointing Lai [to 
be the Chairperson of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council], it is up 
to the various sides to 'interpret' the 'message,' which is 
something that Ma cannot control.  At the moment, not only Beijing 
might 'misjudge,' but also the Blue camp internally does not know 
how to 'interpret' [the message].  [Premier-designate] Liu 
Chao-shiuan, in an implicit way, only said that cross-Strait 
[policy] is the President's power. ..." 
 
C) "[Taiwan's President-elect] Ma [Ying-jeou's] Having Too Much Fun 
Will Consume Mutual Trust between Two Sides across the Taiwan 
Strait" 
 
Hsieh Ta-ning, a professor in Taiwan's National Chung Cheng 
University, opined in the pro-unification "United Daily News" 
[circulation: 400,000] (4/29): 
 
"... The reason for the choice is apparently that Ma hopes to expand 
the foundation of his Mainland policy in society.  What is more 
important is that Ma hopes [former Taiwan President] Lee Teng-hui's 
shadow hiding behind Lai [Shin-yuan, the Chairperson-designate of 
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council] can be a safety valve when 
pan-Green people play with fire in the back yard while he pursues 
breakthroughs in cross-Strait [relations].  Of course, Ma is 
attempting to send out a clear message to the various sides, 
including China, the United States and Japan, that his cross-Strait 
policy will never tilt toward the other side across the Strait; he 
will insist on the advocacy of Taiwan-centric identity.  In other 
words, the personnel arrangement is not for policy, rather for 
political concerns.  [The appointment of Lai] explicitly shows Ma's 
hard hand in the cross-Strait issues. ... 
 
"But to my point of view, the issue is not on Lai, but on another 
face [Lee] that will definitely show on Lai's face.  Everyone can 
try to remember; didn't the crisis across the Strait reach its 
boiling point because of the state-to-state relations [that Lee came 
up with], and both sides across the Strait therefore lost all 
foundation of mutual trust since then?  At the moment when both 
sides across the Strait seek to break the ice, what does it mean to 
let Lee's face emerge again in such a clear way?  Is it possible 
that Ma attempts to implement a Lee roadmap without Lee?  I believe 
that this is a big question mark in everyone's mind. 
 
"If that is the case, isn't Ma playing a joke on everyone?  We all 
know that there is a two-hand strategy when it comes to cross-Strait 
policy.  So it is understandable that Ma plays a hard hand.  But 
isn't it a bit too much to play [strategy] in such a way as to 
consume hard-won mutual trust which has just begun to recover? ..." 
 
D) "Eating Watermelon in the Middle of the Night" [meaning someone 
exhibiting abnormal behavior] 
 
The "Free Talks" column in the pro-independence "Liberty Times" 
[circulation: 720,000] (4/29): 
 
"... [Taiwan's President-elect] Ma Ying-jeou claims that a consensus 
in the society can be forged by appointing Lai [Shin-yuan as 
Chairperson of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council].  [Ma] means that 
the move is to cozy up to the 5.44 million voters who did not vote 
for him and bring harmony to the society.  However, the influence of 
the Taiwan Solidarity Union is diminishing.  Lai is also someone who 
has an individual style, does not follow trends and has no symbolic 
meaning in the Green camp.  Whether Ma appointing this person is 
able to heal the Green camp supporters' wounds is questionable ..." 
 
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