Chairman of the Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou, triumphant after his party’s landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, called on President Chen Shui-bian yesterday to improve relations between Taiwan and China.
In a CTV television interview, Ma said President Chen has to “relax” restrictions on interchanges across the Taiwan Strait rather than “tighten” them as he said he would, if the Kuomintang won what is popularly known as a “three-in-one” election of local governments on Saturday.
“What he (the president) said in the run-up to the election doesn’t stand to reason,” said Ma, whose party won 14 out of the 21 mayoralties and magistracies under the jurisdiction of Taiwan province.
China is an emerging economic power, on which Taiwan depends increasingly heavily for trade and growth. “Why should Taiwan seclude itself from China?” he asked.
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