Jun 06 2006
Twisted Front
Uncle Lin told me about this event: TAIWAN: Peking University gags Taiwanese graft-buster
A Taiwanese legislator who played an important role in exposing the scandals now afflicting the island’s president, Chen Shiu-bian, has been forced to cancel a speech in Beijing on fighting corruption.
“They said I could do it at any school, but not Peking University. They proposed that I deliver the speech at Fudan University [in Shanghai] or Zhongshan University [in Guangzhou]. I couldn’t accept that. If I did, I would not be Chiu Yi.” (邱毅）
“This is what makes Taiwan different from the mainland,” he said, adding that regardless of how angry Taiwanese authorities were, he would still be free to expose any future scandals and the Taiwanese media would still be able to report on them.
–Unified Front (统一战线） no more this time. CCP successfully opened a wedge b/w the factions in Taiwan, but it doesn’t look at having CCP representing China would endear the opposition. Can CCP outlast any remaining political goodwill on the island?
–Just another case where CCP wants to move forward but finds itself being the stopper: so is economy, public governance, cultural modernization, etc. The curve is flattening out.