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Viewing cable 08GUANGZHOU554, Taiwan Media Too Hard on Ma According to Fujian

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08GUANGZHOU554 2008-09-17 08:57 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Guangzhou
VZCZCXRO4561
RR RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHGZ #0554/01 2610857
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 170857Z SEP 08
FM AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7576
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 GUANGZHOU 000554 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/TC, EAP/CM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL ECON PGOV TW CH
SUBJECT: Taiwan Media Too Hard on Ma According to Fujian 
Cross-Strait Scholars 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Is Ma Ying-jeou getting a bum rap from the Taiwan 
media?  Cross-Strait scholars at Xiamen University in Fujian 
province say he deserves higher marks, citing good progress on 
cross-Strait relations, foreign affairs, political and social 
issues.  One researcher blamed disappointing economic performance on 
factors generally beyond Ma's control.  Taiwan's economy will 
continue to struggle with limited prospects for growth from 
government spending, investment, domestic consumption or exports, 
according to one scholar.  He believes that mainland tourists are 
the best hope for the Taiwan economy and that their numbers can be 
increased if travel is made more convenient.  The scholars are 
optimistic about continuing progress in cross-Strait relations, 
asserting that Beijing's timetable for Taiwan is not urgent.  The 
academics commented that Beijing would be open to allowing Taiwan 
more participation in international organizations as long as Taipei 
avoids a "two countries" approach to cross-Strait relations.  One 
scholar commented that Tsai Ing-wen would seek to lead the 
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) away from Chen Shui-bian but 
would face challenges from the many Chen supporters who remain 
entrenched in the party.  End Summary. 
 
Giving Ma Higher Marks 
---------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) The scholars at Taiwan Research Institute (TRI) at Xiamen 
University give Ma Ying-jeou higher marks for his performance than 
the Taiwan media, according to TRI President Liu Guoshen.  Liu said 
Ma had made good progress on cross-Strait relations, foreign 
affairs, political and social issues, promoting peace and building 
trust across the Strait step-by-step.  Sun Yun, a TRI researcher, 
pointed out that Ma had made the economy a priority but had not had 
much success because of factors largely beyond his control such as 
rising oil prices, inflation and generally deteriorating business 
environment. 
 
3. (SBU) Sun believes that Ma's approach on cross-Strait relations 
-- further opening, a cooperative approach with Beijing and pursuing 
a peace framework -- still enjoy support from the Taiwan people.  He 
explained that Beijing responded positively to Ma's description of 
the cross-Strait relationship as between special regions instead of 
countries and to Ma's decision to scale back missile research. 
According to Sun, Beijing showed its favorable reaction by 
authorizing State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Director Wang Yi's 
announcement at early September's China International Fair on 
Investment and Trade in Xiamen of several new measures, including 
issuance of permanent ID numbers to Taiwan residents in the mainland 
and facilitation of mainland tourism travel to Taiwan via Xiamen. 
 
4. (SBU) Economic issues are currently the focus of Taiwan's 
Mainland Affairs Council, and they will dominate the agenda when 
Chen Yunlin, the chair of the Association for Relations Across the 
Taiwan Strait (ARATS), visits Taiwan in October, according to 
Researcher Chen Kongli (a former head of TRI).  Liu commented that 
there is reason to be optimistic that cooperation will continue.  He 
pointed out that Beijing has stopped talking about unification for 
the time being.  He believes that Beijing's timetable for its Taiwan 
agenda is not urgent. 
 
Taiwan Needs Mainland Tourists 
------------------------------ 
 
5. (SBU) Tang Yonghong, a TRI economics professor, predicted that it 
would take some time for Taiwan's economy to show substantial 
improvement.  He explained that the Taiwan government didn't have 
enough fiscal resources to stimulate the economy with more 
government spending after inheriting a deficit from the Chen 
Shui-bian administration.  Private investment has mostly moved to 
the mainland.  Tang argued that domestic consumption was stunted by 
an expanding wealth gap, characterized by an "M-shaped" society with 
growing numbers of rich and poor and a shrinking middle class. 
Taiwan was having difficulty generating increases in exports, he 
said, because of economic difficulties in two of its major trading 
partners -- China and the United States. 
 
6. (SBU) Taiwan's economy needs more mainland tourists, according to 
Tang.  Tourism so far had failed to take-off because Taiwan tours 
were too expensive, travel application procedures were too 
complicated and the charter flights schedules were inconvenient with 
most seats taken by Taiwan travelers.  Tang believes that Taiwan 
should allow charter flights that fly direct without passing through 
Hong Kong airspace, allow more flights, simplify application 
procedures and reduce the cost of tours by about 30 percent.  If 
these steps are taken, he predicted that Taiwan would be able to 
attract the 3,000 tourists currently permitted on a daily basis. 
 
Room for More International Space 
--------------------------------- 
 
GUANGZHOU 00000554  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
7. (SBU) Chen speculated that Beijing would be open to discussion 
about how Taiwan might participate more actively in international 
organizations as long as Taiwan avoids any insistence on a "two 
countries" formulation and the two sides maintain good 
communication.  Chen pointed out that Taiwan already belongs to 
2,157 non-governmental international organizations, which he said 
was more than the mainland.  He expressed concern that U.S. policy 
on this issue had changed since former AIT Director Raymond 
Burghardt had written an article saying that Taiwan shouldn't need 
to get Beijing's approval to join international organizations.  The 
Consul General assured Chen that the U.S. government's policy had 
not changed with regard to membership in international 
organizations, though he called for finding creative ways to allow 
Taiwan to participate where certain kinds of interest, such as 
global health, were a concern. 
 
Tsai Ing-wen Dealing with Chen's Legacy 
--------------------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Tsai Ing-wen has taken anti-Ma and anti-Beijing positions 
similar to Chen Shui-bian, but she is eager to lead the party away 
from Chen and achieve her own success, according to TRI Political 
Research Director Zhang Wensheng.  This will not be easy, Zhang 
said, because Chen still has many supporters, especially among those 
who benefited from eight years of the DPP controlled government. 
 
GOLDBERG