One thing on Vincient Siew after all...

Came across this in the very pro-green New Taiwan:

前行政院長蕭萬長前不久曾感嘆，如果二○○四年底，國民黨就通過他擔任召集人的「中華民國就是台灣」論述，或許現在就不用為了本土論述傷神，他建議，馬英九應拉高格局，將兩岸關係放在全球脈絡下思考，將中國大陸視為台灣在全球競爭中的重要腹地，認清台灣真正競爭對手是亞洲三小龍，不必刻意強調兩岸直航，自然可以擺脫民進黨「中國牌」攻勢。

Summary: Vincent Siew signed that if the KMT had passed the "the ROC is Taiwan" formulation he advocated in 2004, perhaps the KMT wouldn't' be so harmed by the rhetoric regarding "nativization." He also suggests Ma avoid talking so much about direct flights and put the focus on China as merely a tool for Taiwan's already economy which is strong in its own right and a way to improve Taiwan's competitiveness between the other three of the "four dragons."

Interestingly, this is not Ma's position at all.

Edit and update: I'm not the only one to notice this! The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Chen Ming-tong ( 陳明通 ) also came out today and said that if the KMT would adopt Vincient Siew's position that "the ROC is Taiwan," it could solve the Taiwanese national identity problem.

Personally, I think it takes one more step: the unequivocal acceptance that only the Taiwanese public have a right to determine the future of Taiwan and via referendum.