As much as I hate an obvious traitor, he could be useful as a safety valve for CCP. As long as he is not allowed to sell the country (which he obviously wants to do). I believe time is on our side. We just need to survive until 2035 or so.
Interesting timing considering Tsaiâs visit to the US.
Honecker visited West Germany in 87âŚwhatâs the big deal?
East Germany visit West Germany 1987 Anthem of DDR and BRD - YouTube
Youâre unlikely to be involved in any outcomes, so itâs not a big deal to you.
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I have large extended family networks there, so that is pretty shallow analysis.
Just as Ostpolitik was welcomed to relieve tensions (while still spending the Commies under the table), I just donât see how this harms anything, other than raising the blood pressure of the reactionary DPP wing and their cheerleaders.
Welcome such photo opps but still stock up the Pershings (to use the 80s analogy)
Would you prefer progressive DPP and their cheerleaders?
Arenât they mostly one and the same? 
Yes, I agree on that. Good point, sir.
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I am a huge cinema buff and see such DPP supporters as Sterling Hayden type of modern-day General Jack D Rippersâparanoid and reactionary to the core. And without some of Ripperâs innovation.
Back in the War Room, Dr. Strangelove recommends that the President gather several hundred thousand people to live in deep underground mines where the radiation will not penetrate. He suggests a 10:1 female-to-male ratio for a breeding program to repopulate the Earth once the radiation has subsided, a plan which gathers enthusiastic support from the all-male command staff.
Dr. Strangelove - Wikipedia
Check out the marketing graphic for this trip. 
Source: KMT Line account; reposted by Bloomberg columnist Tim Culpan here: https://twitter.com/tculpan/status/1637604152024125440
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Yes worship ancestors lol
I will acknowledge it is consistent with the manâs approach.
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âFormer president Ma believes that young people on both sides of the strait understand each other,â said Hsiao Hsu-tsen, the executive director of the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation.
Yes, mutual understanding- Taiwanese young people understand that China wants to invade Taiwan and kill the inhabitants, and Chinese young people understand (and mostly agree with) that China wants to invade Taiwan and kill the inhabitants.
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The phrase they use is âmo heiâ, the DPP and media shouldnât blacken his good intentions.
The KMT are weird. Maybe we should say whiten their intentions instead.
Yeah look how well Ostpolitik worked out for Germany with Russia
I actually agree. The more dumb shit Ma pulls the more KMT loses votes, which is great.
Actually I hope he goes further to the point that CIA decides to engage.
Ma in China meets up with the Head of the PRCâs Taiwan Affairs Office. Does this unscheduled meetingâremember the earlier assurances of âno political dialogueâ?âlook relaxing or what?
Source: Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, accessed here: https://twitter.com/DemesDavid/status/1641414158536306689
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Some savage commentary online about this unscheduled part of Maâs trip:
heâs trying to compete with dead baboon [killed in Taoyuan in March 2023]. baboon still winning
I donât know about the veracity of the first part of that statement, but the second part is apparently statistically correct.
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Some wit here as our former president returns from his historic visit to the PRC and his meetings with CCP officials. 
Source: https://twitter.com/TSPkoktse/status/1644219139421249537
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long term he has sure played out bad in how he sold out Taiwan. rampant housing inflation, economic retardation via sticking to china, which is now obviously coming back to bite us and predictably being blamed on the follow up administration. hard sell on mr. ma, as he likes to be referred to officially 
but Taiwan keeps ticking forward. amazing in ways, worrying in ways. god help us if we get another chinese politician as president next term!
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Not to nitpick, but there wasnt a former, nor sitting, president of taiwan visiting China. The Former Mr. has returned from his visit to the enemy lol.