Hammond-Chambers said the PRC was absolutely committed to ultimately bring Taiwan and China together and that an ECFA was part of that drive.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and a coalition of business interests on Taiwan were supporting an ECFA at a time when the country was suffering economic distress, he said.
“The economic narrative that Ma is able to deliver is very appealing,” Hammond-Chambers said.
“But when you talk to people about military and security issues, their support for ECFA falls off and the coalition breaks up,” he said.
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