Taiwan Indicators Survey Research 台灣指標民調 www.tisr.com.tw
(i) Take notice of the approval rates for KMT and DPP (the first graph), where KMT’s approval rating hiked and reached the crescendo in Ma’s 2008 election. In 2012 presidential election (held in May also), KMT’s rating was somewhat lower than Dpp’s but Ma overcame the deficit and was re-elected. The downward trend is what reportedly worries China, because nobody wants to be associated with a loser (though Ma is China’s best--maybe only--hope).
(ii) Click “關於我們” and you will learn: 總經理 戴立安,” who was “遠見雜誌民調中心總監” (he quit after the magazine moved away from political polling because the top was too hot).
(d) Taiwan is divided, between KMT and DPP. Supporters of each camp are vocal, even vociferous. (With time, though, more and more KMT supporters pass away, be they mainlanders or Taiwanese-born. The time is in my side.)
(i) Despite stereotypes, former president Chen Shui-bian was not daredevil but deliberate. I considered him prone to compromise, rather than the other way around (of which he was accused, falsely, in the domestic and Western media).
(ii) Ma is contrary. He should have concentrated on domestic matters. He criticized Chen for poor economy while in fact under Chen economy was good (and I pointed that out then). Economy has been a wretch in Taiwan since Ma’s election. Sure, we all know that his first election as president coincides with the start of world-wide Great Recession (still many national leaders were blamed and were defeated in elections). What is astonishing (to me anyway) is Ma turned around and said this was why Taiwan should turn to China, thereby not only shifting blame away from himself but also hoping to attain his goal of normalizing relations with China. Incidentally, I share that goal, but on a two-nation basis (which China will never accept, so be it).作者: choi 时间: 4-27-2014 12:47 本帖最后由 choi 于 4-27-2014 18:24 编辑