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Apple Daily: Who represents the real China ?
2010/03/15 14:26:10 |
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated in Beijing Sunday that China will give Taiwan favorable treatment in the proposed trade pact between the two sides, because "we are siblings."
He said that Taiwan and China share a 5,000-year culture that should not be obliterated merely because of 50-year political division.
Wen was really kind in his remarks about Taiwan, but his friendly attitude is not shared by Chinese military hawks and many Chinese officials who have not concealed their hostility toward Taiwan, even during visits to the country.
This is obviously because China is using a "good cop-bad cop" strategy, with its leaders playing the gentle roles while the mid-level officials take the threatening ones.
However, instead of winning Taiwanese support, the strategy only baffles them about who represents the real China?
Wen's offer of favorable treatment to Taiwan will only whip up suspicion in Taiwan, because any country will vie for their own interests in such a trade pact, so why on earth would China do the opposite?
Apparently there is a political plot behind it.
For Taiwan, what really matters is the difference between its political system and that of China, rather than their common cultural and ethnic origins.
Taiwanese never deny their Han ancestry. Their trouble with China is not where they come from, but the different styles of government they prefer.
Taiwan's youth are not hostile toward China, but they do not like a regime that acts as a big brother, and that is the question Wen should address. (March 15, 2010) (By Maubo Chang) ENDITEM/J
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