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...Advanced Policy Studies in Taipei. Although Beijing refuses to recognize any Taiwanese government, in early April Chinese President Hu Jintao met informally with Ma's vice presidential running mate - a signal that China is open to further rapprochement across the tense Taiwan Strait. "I think Hu Jintao will put cross-Strait interests first because that serves Beijing's long-term strategic benefit," says Yang. "On the diplomatic front, I think Beijing will try their best not to upset the Taiwanese and send the wrong message." Indeed, unlike Chen's U.S. visit, which drew strident condemnations from China, Ma's overseas...
...subdued for the island's raucous political arena. "The issue is his personality," says Yang Tai-shun, a political science professor at Taipei's Chinese Cultural University. "He's cautious and tries not to say more than he can promise. He puts too much stake on cross-Strait relations, but it's not the panacea for everything." Ma may avoid ruffling feathers with his flight overseas. It's the homecoming that could be turbulent...
...called "checkbook diplomacy" was prompted primarily by the vicious circle created by the almost unlimited contest between mainland China and Taiwan in the international arena. We shouldn't give [allies] cash only for political purposes. The most important thing is that we attack the problem at its root: cross-Strait relations. That's why we want to use the current improvement of relations with the mainland to extend that to the international arena. If we are able to have a truce in the diplomatic area, both of us will not try to court and solicit and then win over...
...TIME: You came in with a very large mandate in the election. Now your approval rating is slipping. How does that affect your ability to continue to improve cross-Strait relations...
...basic change of my ability to do that, because the cross-Strait policy of mine is the most popular part among people here. What we are trying to do is to make the investment climate and the management environment in Taiwan much more flexible and free. So we're trying to open up, to deregulate, to liberalize as much as possible. All of these measures are intended to make Taiwan a more competitive area in our part of the world...