Tuesday's lunch included dozens of CEOs and other top US corporate executives from the finance, securities and technology sectors -- from companies such as Citicorp, Fidelity Investments and Merrill Lynch.
According to sources, Chen expressed the hope that the financial executives could go to Taiwan to help fix the country's financial mess and speed up bank reform. Chen also said that Taiwan's high-tech industry must pursue biotechnology.
The US executives were also concerned over Taiwan's political problems, DPP legislator Parris Chang (
"They asked us about how we will deal with relations with China in the months to come," he said.
"Chen said he previously thought that he could be a trouble-maker, causing real bad relations with China," Chang said. "But now he has done very well, and he has stated that he will remain conciliatory and try to encourage China to revive dialogue."
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