China's Hu, Taiwan Opposition Leader Meet
"Analysts disagree on whether Lien's trip will help ease China-Taiwan tensions. Some say the former vice president and foreign minister can win Beijing's trust. Others say Chinese leaders are using Lien to widen the schisms in Taiwanese society." Read more here...
China's Hu, Taiwan Opposition Leader Meet
I agree with the "others" since Lien, who lost a tight race to the DPP incumbent Chen Shui-bian has actually refused to call his political adversary "President" Chen since last March's election. This gives the impressionj that the KMT is intent upon de-legitimizing Chen as the elected leader of Taiwan. The DPP have had great trouble ruling, more and more I'm realizing because the government bureaucracy is completely dominated by the KMT. Forty years of one party rule is enormously difficult to live down. Civil servants born and bred in the arms of the KMT are an incredibly powerful force in Taiwanese society.
But if Lien thinks that re-unification with the Mainland will lead to a restoration of the KMT in one big happy Chinese family, he will be in for a big surprise.
China's Hu, Taiwan Opposition Leader Meet
I agree with the "others" since Lien, who lost a tight race to the DPP incumbent Chen Shui-bian has actually refused to call his political adversary "President" Chen since last March's election. This gives the impressionj that the KMT is intent upon de-legitimizing Chen as the elected leader of Taiwan. The DPP have had great trouble ruling, more and more I'm realizing because the government bureaucracy is completely dominated by the KMT. Forty years of one party rule is enormously difficult to live down. Civil servants born and bred in the arms of the KMT are an incredibly powerful force in Taiwanese society.
But if Lien thinks that re-unification with the Mainland will lead to a restoration of the KMT in one big happy Chinese family, he will be in for a big surprise.
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