The horrific landslide that recently claimed four lives on Freeway No. 3 is a reminder of the many vital issues that our country faces and how they have been put on the back burner. Our mountains and rivers are in a sorry state, factories are moving abroad, unemployment is climbing, industrial innovation is slack, the economy is weak and the investment environment needs stimulation.
Every one of these issues is more urgent than signing an ECFA, but over the past two years this administration has been stubbornly bent on dragging everyone into the whirlpool of its China-centric world view. The government’s one-sided policies have provoked much confrontation and internal friction. Now, all of a sudden, Ma is telling everyone that it wants to put some of our eggs in different baskets by signing FTAs.
It is a crying shame to see how little Ma and his government care about the well-being of the common people.
TRANSLATED BY JULIAN CLEGG
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