Is Chen Shui-Bian a Bully? or a cunning fox?
With his latest ploy to cool the recent "china fever" by investigating unauthorized contact with PR China, and with his wish to attend the Pope's funeral, is Mr. Chen trying to reach new grounds in the PRC - ROC conflict. We have seen Mr. Chen's controversies before - but have they reached new hights? Should we be afraid?
Although many Mainland Chinese despise Mr. Chen, what is your view of this charismatic person?
Where will his vociferous and daring comments lead Taiwan?
With Mr. Chen's provocative nature, you are encouraged to follow suit on your comments. Xie xie.
3 comments:
It doesn't seem to me that what Chen is doing is much more than responding, rhetorically, to the anti-secession legislation, and it doesn't seem to me that the legislation is much more than another round of table-pounding. There have been so many cycles of this, that I would want to see some really hard analysis showing a qualitative difference to this exchange. Both sides are not doing much more than reiterating their position, and both of them have iterated their positions so long that they need to find new and different ways to do it or nobody pays any attention.
Chen's investigations have the salutary effect, from his perpsective, of taking a bite (using that fox/dog metaphor) out of the GMD, but that's about it.
I think you have a good point about the "round of table-pounding", but looking at it the same way a scientist would look at waves, frequencies and all that, makes me wonder whether THIS round has been longer, more vociferous, or as you said, 'just another one'.
Chen might not start another conflict or war, but he certainly polarizes the region, towards making Taiwan's adversaries look even worse. Won't that have an effect on the future?
There's constructive criticism, and then there's the criticism which starts has more violent results...
Looking forward to your comments ...
ps. your blog is very interesting .. let's share links!
has Mr.Chen been in an alliance with pro-china business groups? please explain, yoshi....
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