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Viewing cable 09AITTAIPEI1470, MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS

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09AITTAIPEI1470 2009-12-11 11:37 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXYZ0001
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #1470/01 3451137
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111137Z DEC 09
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2937
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 9575
RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 0963
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001470 
 
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.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS 
 
1. Summary:  Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news 
coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's 
Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations 
across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from 
December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the 
aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' 
elections around the island.  The mass-circulation "Apple Daily" ran 
a banner headline on page three, reading "The United States Planning 
to Sell Taiwan Black Hawk Helicopters; Will Likely Refuse to Sell 
the F16 Fighter Jets, and PAC-3 Missiles Are under Review."  The 
pro-independence "Liberty Times" also ran a banner headline on page 
two, reading "United States Reportedly Will Sell Weapons to Taiwan; 
Submarine Deal Coming back to Life." 
 
2. In terms of editorials and commentaries, two op-ed pieces in the 
"Apple Daily" discussed an article written by William A. Owens, a 
retired admiral of U.S. navy, who suggested that Washington abandon 
its military support for Taiwan and abolish the Taiwan Relations 
Act, in an attempt to pursue broader cooperation with China 
economically and strategically.  Both articles said that China is 
using its lobbying efforts and influence to encourage the United 
States to "dig up Taiwan's roots" in the United States.  End 
summary. 
 
A) "China Is Digging up Taiwan's Roots in the United States" 
 
The mass-circulation "Apple Daily" [circulation: 530,000] 
editorialized (12/11): 
 
"In the wake of President Barack Obama's visit to Beijing, AIT Board 
[sic] Chairman Raymond Burghardt came to Taiwan to brief [the island 
on Obama's visit], pledging that the United States will continue to 
abide by the 'Taiwan Relations Act' (TRA) and assist Taiwan to 
strengthen its national capabilities.  President Ma said after his 
meeting with Burghardt that [what Burghardt told him] was 
'consistent' with what he had anticipated, and that now is the best 
time for U.S.-China-Taiwan relations in the past six decades. ... 
As for Ma's statement that Burghardt's briefing met his 
anticipation, there are two possible [explanations]:  It is either 
that Burghardt reassured [Ma] about the U.S. commitment to Taiwan's 
security, which was within Ma's expectations, or Burghardt, speaking 
on behalf of Obama, expressed hope that both sides of the Taiwan 
Strait would unify with each other peacefully, or at least not 
confront each other -- a development also consistent with Ma's views 
about Taiwan's ultimate destiny. 
 
"If such clues are still unable to wake up Ma's team to sense the 
danger Taiwan is facing, then a look at an article by William A. 
Owens, a retired admiral of the U.S. Navy, -- 'The United States 
Must Start Seeing China as a Friend' -- may [help it understand 
better]. ... Does this indicate that a pro-China force, with the 
encouragement of China, is attempting to abolish the TRA?  The 
reason [behind it] is that the current situation and development of 
the United States should not be trapped by an old law made thirty 
years ago.  Besides, U.S. cooperation with China is [one of] 
Washington's major interests, and it is not worthwhile to sacrifice 
those interests just for the minor interests of Taiwan. 
 
"The latest news was that the United States will likely agree to 
sell Black Hawk helicopters and PAC-3 missiles [to Taiwan] and has 
turned down the deal for F-16 C/D fighter jets.  This indicated that 
Obama continues to adhere to the TRA and sell weapons to Taiwan, but 
in the meantime it also takes into consideration China's feelings. 
Though these may not be frontline weapons, the symbolic meaning [of 
the move] is sufficient to give Taiwan bargaining chips and 
confidence to talk with China.  In addition, it also explains why Ma 
did not adopt a passive and resistant attitude toward arms sales 
just so that it can curry favor with China. 
 
"The Ma administration is quite pleased with itself about its 
diplomatic truce [policy].   China, on the other hand, does not care 
about it at all, because it is quietly digging up Taiwan's roots in 
the United States via its lobbying groups.  Washington does not need 
to abolish the TRA; all it has to do is to gradually reduce its arms 
sales to Taiwan, and there will be limited options left for Taiwan. 
[We] hope Ma's national security team will notice the dangerous 
tendency of the United States and strengthen the intensity of its 
lobbying efforts in the United States." 
 
B) "China Wants to Eradicate the 'Taiwan Relations Act'" 
 
Fu S. Mei, the Director of Taiwan Security Analysis Center, opined 
in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" [circulation: 530,000] 
(12/11): 
 
"On the same day when the 'Obama-Hu' joint statement was published, 
retired U.S. Navy Admiral William A. Owens wrote an article in the 
'Financial Times' calling on the United States to abandon its 
military support for Taiwan and abolish the Taiwan Relations Act 
 
(TRA), in an attempt to pursue broader and deepened economic and 
strategic cooperation with China. ...  Though it is still difficult 
for the mainstream thinking in the U.S. government to accept Owens' 
ideas, the 'Sanya Initiative' [established by former Hong Kong 
governor C.H. Tung] has exposed the fact that a new and vigorous 
lobbying model China has adopted toward the United States on the 
Taiwan issue is quickly taking shape.  Beijing is proactively 
building up the strength, scope, flexibility and vigor of its 
lobbying in the United States via all kinds of channels, and its 
method of 'using business to win over politics' has increasingly 
become its major means.  The TRA, which serves as a cornerstone for 
stability across the Taiwan Strait, has become the first important 
target that Beijing is lobbying to repudiate. 
 
"In the face of such a challenge, the [Taiwan] government should 
attach more importance to efforts highlighting the island's 
sovereignty and the government's determination to safeguard its 
sovereignty.  Even though cross-Strait relations have seen some 
improvements, [Taiwan] must not give the outside world the 
impression that it is 'no longer fighting against China's attempt to 
unify or annex Taiwan.' ... In such a vein, Taipei should 
proactively propose to Washington bilateral cooperation on a new 
strategic level, which does not need to be limited to arms sales or 
[maintaining] the traditional military balance.  Taiwan can further 
propose that it participate in efforts assisting the United States 
in areas outside of East Asia.  Senior U.S. officials said the U.S. 
government and military were both very grateful for Taiwan's 
generous assistance in the U.S. war on terrorism in the wake of the 
September 11 tragedy.  The fact that Washington immediately sent its 
frigates and helicopters to provide rescue assistance to Taiwan in 
the wake of Typhoon Morakot can be viewed as a result of Taiwan's 
long-term cultivation [of its relations with the United States].  As 
a result, the [Taiwan] government should attach great importance to 
sustainable cultivation [of its relations with the United States] 
and thereby accumulate strategic leverage for its future talks with 
China. ..." 
 
STANTON