Dalai Lama Taiwan tour denounced

By Xie Yu (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-28 07:33

Experts said Thursday that the real purpose of the DPP is to create trouble for the ruling KMT and set hurdles for cross-Straits relations.

Local media said the Dalai Lama has few believers in south Taiwan because most residents are Christian or believers of Matsu, the Goddess of the Sea.

KMT Deputy Secretary -General Chang Jung-kung Thursday accused the DPP of organizing a political assault at a time when the ruling KMT was making every effort to provide disaster relief and carry out reconstruction.

The DPP plot has demonstrated the party's attempt to trigger political instablility within the island and create tension in cross-Straits ties, Chang said.

Mainland experts also said the DPP had conspired to destroy the warming cross-Straits ties.

Dalai Lama Taiwan tour denounced

Li Jiaquan, a senior researcher at the Institute of Taiwan Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the DPP was taking advantage of the fact that Ma Ying-jeou was condemned for his team's alleged slow response in accepting overseas assistance.

"Ma could hardly reject any form of 'help' from outside the island now, while the DPP expects strong dissatisfaction from the mainland, which will cause distrust between Ma and Beijing and harm the warming cross-Straits," Li said.

Wu Nengyuan, director of the Institute of Taiwan Studies at the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences, said the DPP is also trying to divert the media and public attention from some DPP leaders' poor performance in relief work.

"All of the leaders in south Taiwan should shoulder responsibility for inefficient help after the typhoon, but they are using the Dalai Lama to attract media attention and avoid criticism for their inability to provide disaster relief," he said.

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