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OF 13050OZ NOVEMBER 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, ATTC TAIPEI
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MDLIAN 4616
CHINESE ATTACKS ON GOVERNOR'S MEETING WITH A TAIWANESE
INDUSTRIALIST.
SUMMARY
1. THE PRO-PEKING PRESS HAVE ATTACKED THE GOVERNOR FOR MEETING MR.HSU SHENG FA, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAIWAN CHINESE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDUSTRY. HSU IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE KMT. THE WEN WEI PO (WWP) CLAIMED THAT BY RECEIVING HSU THE GOVERNOR BROKE A LONG ESTABLISHED TABOO OF NO CONTACT BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNOR AND POLITICAL FIGURES IN TAIWAN. THEY NOTED TAIWAN LEADERS HAD EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PACKAGE AND ALLEGED THE GOVERNOR WAS PLAYING A POLITICAL GAME IN RELATION TO HIS CONFRONTATIONAL STANCE AGAINST CHINA. CITING THEIR OWN PRESS, NCNA RAISED THIS WITH THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE ON 11 NOVEMBER LINKING THE MEETING WITH OTHER RECENT UNRELATED EVENTS INVOLVING TAIWAN FIGURES. THEY MAY BE LOOKING TO OPEN A NEW FRONT IN THE 'STRUGGLE'.
DETAIL
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THE GOVERNOR SAW HSU AND TWO OTHER INDUSTRIALISTS OF THE TAIWAN FEDERATION ON 3 NOVEMBER AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF HONG KONG'S RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND TRADING RELATIONSHIP WITH TAIWAN.
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A COMMENTARY IN THE WEN WEI PO ON 7 NOVEMBER FOCUSED ON HSU'S KMT POSITION AND ACCUSED THE GOVERNOR OF BREAKING A TABOO OF 40 YEARS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNOR NEVER HAD ANY CONTACTS WITH POLITICAL FIGURES FROM TAIWAN. THE COMMENTARY REITERATED THE CHINESE STANCE OF FIRMLY OPPOSING THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES AND OTHER FORCES TO USE HONG KONG TO PROMOTE QUOTE TWO CHINAS UNQUOTE OR QUOTE ONE CHINA, ONE TAIWAN UNQUOTE ACTIVITIES. IT ALSO NOTED THAT THE PREMIER OF THE TAIWAN
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