2005-05-14 00:39:50葉狀師

宋楚瑜北京行:紐時觀點

今天到賓大研究生活動中心寫文章看報紙,猛然在紐約時報上看到一個熟悉的面孔,仔細一看才發現是宋主席楚瑜跟胡主席錦濤兩人的合照。當然囉,在異鄉看到台灣的報導總免不了要細細讀過,這一讀下去就覺得不免有點莞爾。

身為外國媒體,紐約時報對於台灣的政治人物當然不會客氣,文中直指胡錦濤接連約訪連戰跟宋楚瑜等反對黨領袖是北京最新的策略-孤立台灣的陳水扁總統(The proposal is the latest piece of a new strategy by China that appears intended to court public opinion in Taiwan and isolate President Chen by meeting with his opponents. )。

講到宋主席,紐約時報就更毒舌了,紐約時報一方面提到中國是以國家元首之禮厚待宋主席,另一方面不忘提及宋主席的親民黨去年國會大選選得零零落落(China has treated [James Soong] more like a visiting head of state than the head of a political party that fared poorly in parliamentary elections last year, winning only 15 percent of the vote.)。尤其該段之首句是敘述宋主席每到各地必定強調反台獨跟合作的重要(At every stop [James Soong] has repeated his opposition to Taiwanese independence and emphasized the need for cooperation),綜合看來似乎有點諷刺宋主席的意味。

雖然中國的「一中兩岸」新論述多多少少是一個退讓,不過顯然又已經被陳總統回絕啦,到底兩岸未來發展會是如何呢?葉狀師只希望和平就好啦!

照片是品卉在毛匪澤東的紀念堂前面所攝。

紐約時報報導:Jim Yardley & Chris Buckley, New Maxim From Beijing, '2 Sides of Strait,' Is Met With a Yawn From Taiwan's President, The New York Times, May 13, 2005, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/international/asia/13taiwan.html?