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Viewing cable 09AITTAIPEI1362, MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA

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09AITTAIPEI1362 2009-11-16 12:57 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #1362/01 3201257
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 161257Z NOV 09
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2721
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 9501
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 0906
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001362 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/TC, EAP/P, EAP/PD - THOMAS HAMM 
DEPARTMENT PASS AIT/WASHINGTON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA 
 
1. Summary:  Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news 
coverage November 14-16 on a merger announced Saturday between two 
major players in Taiwan's LCD panel industry; on the APEC leaders' 
summit in Singapore and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to 
China; on a rally in Taipei Sunday afternoon to protest imports of 
U.S. beef; and on the extramarital affairs of a KMT legislator. 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the 
pro-independence "Liberty Times" discussed President Obama's visit 
to China and said that, given Obama's performance since he assumed 
office, Taiwan should not expect Obama to make a gesture to protect 
Taiwan during his trip to China.  An op-ed piece in the 
pro-unification "United Daily News" urged President Ma Ying-jeou to 
speak up to remind Obama of his commitment to Taiwan's security and 
to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao not to infringe on the 
fundamental interests of the Taiwan people.  A column in the 
KMT-leaning "China Times" said Obama's presence at the APEC summit 
signaled that even in the face of China's rise, the United States 
will not forsake its responsibilities in the Asia-Pacific region.  A 
column in the conservative, pro-unification, English-language "China 
Post," however, said the United States is "attaching more importance 
to the Group of 20 than to APEC and an emerging new Asian bloc 
dominated by the People's Republic."  End summary. 
 
A) "Obama's Visit to China Will Hardly Achieve Any Results" 
 
Cao Changqing, an independent commentator, wrote in the "Weekly 
Commentary" column in the pro-independence "Liberty Times" 
[circulation: 680,000] (11/15): 
 
"U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on November 15 
[sic].  This is his first trip to Asia, which naturally draws a lot 
of attention.  One could tell from the order of the countries he 
will visit (China ahead of South Korea) and his time allotment (a 
seven-day trip to Asia and four days to be spent in China) that 
Obama, unlike his predecessor President George W. Bush, has a 
preference for China.  But judging from the major differences 
between China and the United States, Obama's visit to China will 
likely generate more symbolic significance than substantive effects. 
... 
 
"When it comes to cross-Strait issues, even though it is unlikely 
that Obama will be as bad as his former Democratic predecessor Bill 
Clinton, who delivered the 'three No's' [policy] to democratic 
Taiwan on the turf of the Communist Party, he will very likely echo 
Beijing's one China [policy] while trying not to emphasize the 
'Taiwan Relations Act' deliberately.  Exactly what he will say to 
state his position is of course worth [our] attention. ...  Obama 
has a limited understanding of cross-Strait issues and the China 
issue.  In the only article he has ever published about his Asian 
policy, he mentioned China five times, but not once [did he mention] 
Taiwan.  The article mainly emphasized [the need to] build a 
friendly relationship with China, without a single word mentioning 
the threats posed by the military rise of the Chinese Communist 
Party to Taiwan.  Obama's Asian affairs consultant, Jeffrey Bader, 
was once a National Security Council member for [former] President 
Clinton who said the 'three No's' to Taiwan.  When Russia's army 
invaded Georgia last year, Bader even co-wrote an article with 
former AIT Director Douglas Paal, asking Taiwan not to annoy 
Beijing; not a single sentence [in that article] talked about Taiwan 
being suppressed by China in the international community and 
fundamental issues such as the Taiwan people's right to choose 
[their future].  As a result, in terms of cross-Strait issues, 
Taiwan must not expect that Obama will make a gesture to protect 
Taiwan during his trip to China this time." 
 
B) "Ma Speaks up and Lets Obama and Hu Jintao Hear Taiwan's 
[Voice]" 
 
Tsong Tien-tzou, academician at the Academia Sinica, opined in the 
pro-unification "United Daily News" [circulation: 400,000] (11/16): 
 
"... For Taiwan, China's suppression is too much to tell, and the 
biggest threat comes from the 1,400 missiles [targeting Taiwan], 
which are aimed at putting Taiwan's society ill at ease.  Also, 
China has often been accused of using Internet hackers to invade 
computer systems of other countries in an attempt to steal military 
intelligence and high-tech classified information.  It is likely 
that [China] will sabotage [Taiwan's] power supply system through 
hackers in order to paralyze the island's financial system and force 
Taiwan to yield.  What the [Taiwan] public is concerned about is 
whether the United States will, out of fear about China, stop Taiwan 
from purchasing advanced weapons and slacken U.S. assistance to 
improve Taiwan's national defense technology.  At this critical 
moment of the 'meeting between Obama and [Chinese President] Hu 
Jintao,' we hope Ma Ying-jeou will speak up in his capacity as an 
elected president in Taiwan and, on behalf of his people, remind 
Obama of his commitment to Taiwan's security and urge Hu not to 
infringe on the fundamental interests of the Taiwan people." 
 
 
C) "Obama at APEC, Publicly and Backstage" 
 
Taiwan's former Ambassador to South Africa Loh I-cheng wrote in his 
column in the KMT-leaning "China Times" [circulation: 120,000] 
(11/16): 
 
"... Why does the United States take ... APEC so seriously?  The 
[answer] is also related to Obama's imminent visit to mainland 
China.  Obama wants to seize the [APEC] opportunity in Singapore to 
tell all the Asian nations: the United States regards itself as a 
Pacific nation and a major force in maintaining peace in Asia -- a 
situation which was true in the past and will remain so in the 
future.  Even in the face of the rise of China, the United States 
will never forsake its responsibilities in the Asia-Pacific region. 
His message is clear:  all Asia-Pacific nations should feel relaxed 
-- whenever necessary, the United States will not hesitate to offend 
Beijing and it will be their strong supporter and will never back 
down or back out.  It is exactly because Obama is about to visit 
China that such a 'speechless expression of [the United States'] 
position' becomes more prominent. ..." 
 
D) "Obama's First Meet with Hatoyama" 
 
Columnist Joe Hung wrote in conservative, pro-unification, 
English-language "China Post" [circulation: 30,000] (11/16): 
 
"... Whether Washington will concede Tokyo an equal footing in 
concluding a new mutual defense treaty is open to doubt.  The 
chances are that Uncle Sam wouldn't.  The United States, mired in 
the quagmire of Iraq and Afghanistan as it is, is attaching more 
importance to the Group of 20 than to the Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation and an emerging new Asian bloc dominated by the People's 
Republic.  Or Hatoyama may lose credence by then if the opposition 
takes control over the upper house and create a split Diet that will 
hamper his government." 
 
STANTON