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[lettersfromtaiwan]

Trifecta of political cartoons from the Taipei Times on US Taiwan policy, Ma's APEC hopes and the very un transparent CSTGA negotiations.

[lettersfromtaiwan]

EDITORIAL: Ma’s childish hide-and-seek tactics - Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has touted consistency as one of his guiding principles in governance, even though he has time and again shown inconsistency in his commitments to the nation. Except, however, when it comes to the manner in which his administration deals with the public when conducting cross-strait negotiations — the government has been consistent in shunning public oversight by continually choosing to hold cross-strait negotiations behind closed doors.

This editorial references the closed door meeting between the KMT and CCP Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs. The secret negotiations are currently underway in Jiaoshi Township in Yilan County.

[lettersfromtaiwan]

Taipei Times cartoon depicting the Wall Street Journal as a cheerleader for trade agreements which would eat up Taiwan's economy.