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Viewing cable 08AITTAIPEI1538, MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS

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08AITTAIPEI1538 2008-10-30 09:57 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0020
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #1538/01 3040957
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 300957Z OCT 08
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0221
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 8681
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 0128
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001538 
 
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 October 
30 news coverage on former Vice President Lien Chan being appointed 
as Taiwan's envoy to the APEC leaders' summit in late November; on 
President Ma Ying-jeou's remarks Wednesday that he will receive 
China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) 
Chairman Chen Yunlin next week in his capacity as President; and on 
the upcoming talks between ARATS and Taiwan's Straits Exchange 
Foundation. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an analysis in the 
pro-independence "Liberty Times" criticized President Ma's 
appointment of Lien Chan as Taiwan's envoy to APEC.  The article 
said that Beijing's agreement to Lien's appointment was meant to 
favor Lien and suppress Ma and to establish China's suzerainty over 
Taiwan.  A news analysis in the pro-unification "United Daily News," 
however, hailed Lien's appointment and called it a move of 
"reconciliation" for both sides of the Taiwan Strait.  A separate 
"United Daily News" op-ed piece, on the other hand, criticized the 
Ma Administration's wishful reliance on China's goodwill when making 
Taiwan's cross-Strait policies.  An editorial in the centrist, 
KMT-leaning "China Times" alerted Beijing that, for the Taiwan 
people, the sovereignty and dignity of their country always comes 
first.  The article said it would be better that President Ma not 
meet with ARATS Chairman Chen if he cannot be addressed as 
President. End summary. 
 
A) "With Lien Chan Appointed as Taiwan's Envoy to APEC, China [Seeks 
to] Favor Lien and Suppress Ma [Ying-jeou]; [a Move That] Kills Many 
Birds with One Stone" 
 
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Tsou Jiing-wen noted in an analysis in the 
pro-independence "Liberty Times" [circulation: 700,000] (10/30): 
 
"As expected, China has agreed to [the proposal of having Taiwan's 
former Vice President] Lien Chan attend this year's APEC leaders' 
summit.  Such a highly political arrangement has the effect of 
killing many birds with one stone.  On the surface, the move allowed 
the Ma Ying-jeou Administration to achieve the apparent goal of 
'upgrading the level' [of Taiwan's APEC envoy].  But in reality, the 
move was meant to befriend those far away and attack those nearby, 
conveniently taking advantage of the KMT's power struggles and 
breaking up Ma's leadership and control power.  In the meantime, 
China has firmly established its position as the suzerain state by 
'hand-picking' [Taiwan's envoy].  Given such a compromise that is 
neither brave nor thoughtful, Mr. Ma is doomed to pay for the move 
both in his public and private capacity." 
 
B) "The Reconciliatory Atmosphere across the Taiwan Strait Extends 
to APEC" 
 
Journalist Lee Ming-hsien said in an analysis in the pro-unification 
"United Daily News" [circulation: 400,000] (10/30): 
 
"... Be it the meeting between [Taiwan's former Vice President] Lien 
Chan and [Chinese President] Hu Jintao or the one between [KMT 
Chairman] Wu Poh-hsiung and Hu, both represent occasions where both 
sides of the Taiwan Strait reconciled with each other.  Beijing's 
approval of Lien to attend the APEC non-economic leaders' summit 
this time indicates that the reconciliatory atmosphere across the 
Taiwan Strait will be extended to the international arena -- a move 
with particularly significant political effects and substantial 
implications.  For Taiwan, such a move [indicates that it has] 
finally got rid of its notoriety for being 'a troublemaker.'  After 
all, the scorched earth diplomacy in the last eight years has only 
resulted in reinforced efforts from Beijing to blockade [Taiwan]. 
By contrast, the Ma Administration has harvested and tasted the 
sweetness by promoting the diplomatic truce. ..." 
 
"What really matters is that Beijing's agreement to Lien's 
participation in APEC only marks the beginning of its goodwill 
gesture.  Given the changing international situation in which, under 
Beijing's facilitation, the Bo'ao Forum, Shanghai Cooperation 
Organization, and even ASEAN are gaining more importance, while 
APEC, to a certain extent, is declining, the biggest key lies in the 
question whether both sides of the Taiwan Strait can move from 
'shelving differences' to 'creating a win-win situation' by allowing 
Taiwan really to participate in the international community." 
 
C) "Relying on Beijing's Goodwill; Restrained by Others in Every 
Aspect" 
 
Tung Chen-yuan, an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of 
Development Studies of Taiwan's National Chengchi University, opined 
in the pro-unification "United Daily News" [circulation: 400,000] 
(10/30): 
 
"... With President Ma Ying-jeou's election, the Taiwan people in 
general expected that cross-Strait relations would improve 
immediately.  However, except for the nominal resumption of 
 
negotiations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the 
substantial interaction and the diplomatic truce [between both sides 
of the Taiwan Strait] do not show immediate effect.  Instead, it 
only highlighted that the Ma Administration had overly wishful 
thinking in relying on China's goodwill toward Taiwan and was 
therefore restrained by Beijing's political manipulation in every 
aspect.  Such circumstances are really worrisome. ... 
 
"Likewise, the Ma Administration did not announce the appointment of 
[former Vice President] Lien Chan as Taiwan's envoy to the APEC 
summit until after it was sure that the meeting between [Taiwan's 
Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman] P. K. Chiang and ARATS 
Chairman Chen Yunlin would definitely be held and that China had 
accepted every arrangement [made by Taiwan].  This showed that the 
Chinese government was in charge of the tempo of cross-Strait 
negotiations and that it knew for certain that the Ma Administration 
had no bargaining chips with which to strike back.  Furthermore, it 
is likely that the Ma Administration has already conceded to Beijing 
politically in order to accomplish what was mentioned above. ..." 
 
D) "Without the Title of President, It Is Better That Ma [Ying-jeou] 
Not Meet with [Chen Yunlin]" 
 
The centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" [circulation: 220,000] 
editorialized (10/30): 
 
"... But the Beijing authorities must clearly realize that for the 
Taiwan people, there is a priority with regard to their interests; 
for them, the top priority is [Taiwan's] sovereignty.  [Taiwan's] 
sovereignty and dignity always come first, and no Taiwan people will 
trade the sovereignty of their country for any benefit; they will 
never do that, even if they are starving to death.  As a result, 
economic [benefits] and sovereignty are issues of two different 
levels. ...  By the same token, the Taiwan people's determination to 
uphold [Taiwan's] sovereignty and dignity will not flinch under 
[China's] intimidation; they are willing to sacrifice their lives to 
safeguard their country.  Taiwan has survived under Beijing's 
military threats over the past decades, during which it underwent 
certain missile crises, but the island's resolve to guard its 
sovereignty and dignity will only grow stronger, not weaker. ... 
 
"If the Beijing authorities are able truly to comprehend Taiwan's 
popular sentiment, it should be aware that nothing can replace 
dignity.  If [ARATS Chairman] Chen Yunlin is unable to address Ma 
Ying-jeou using the latter's title of 'president' during his meeting 
with Ma, it will be unnecessary and inappropriate for the two to 
meet.  Ma is the leader elected by the Taiwan people and thus 
represents [Taiwan's] national sovereignty.  If he cannot be 
addressed properly in his own territory, and if he is willing to be 
called by other names such as 'Mr. Ma,' it will not be just Ma 
himself who is treated indecently; Taiwan's sovereignty and dignity 
will also be insulted. ..." 
 
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