Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Three Links towards Peace

Taiwan and the mainland signed agreements on Nov 4 to pave ways for completing the outstanding two out of the so-called three links - trade, transport and postal - that was banned by the KMT government after losing the civil war.

Under the agreements, both sides across the Strait agree to full direct flight, direct cargo flight, direct shipping, direct postal and also to establish cross-strait cooperation on the latest concern on the food safety.

Bravo to both sides for making this happen.

The next thing is to call for an official truce and followed by the grand slam political settlement.

My fear is that some Pan-Green supporters may turn extremist and resort to terrorism to destabilize the cross-strait relationship. The security forces and intelligence agencies of both sides got to be cautious.

In Hong Kong, some newspapers are lamenting about the losses to Hong Kong following the historic deal. Currently, most of the flights and postal link are via Hong Kong. These papers are just microscopic.

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