The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

dent sovereign state without a need to announce independence.
In her first news conference upon accepting Ma’s nomination,
China Times (中国时报), May 2, 2008.
86. Ma’s permit was issued when Beijing tried hard to raise
money to help Taiwan’s Typhoon rescue in August 2009. The Chinese
media regarded it as stabbing Beijing in the back. “Allowing
Dalai’s entry is like a very sick patient seeking hurried medical
treatment,” Oriental Daily (东方日报), May 29, 2009.
87. In the defense internet forums, the majority view is that as
long as Ma continues to identify Beijing as the primary security
threat, the PLA should remain vigilant and tough toward Taipei.
88. General Chen Binde, chief of staff, used tough remarks to
the visiting U.S. Army chief of staff in regard to U.S. arms sales to
Taiwan in August 2009.
89. “On military and security mutual trust across the Strait,”
Phoenix TV, September 2, 2009. (Luo’s father Luo Qingchang (罗
青长), was in charge of the security aspects of Taiwan affairs for
decades under Zhou Enlai).
90. In the long lead-up to the 16th Party National Congress
PLA leaders repeatedly lobbied for Jiang’s staying on. For instance,
Major general Zhu Chenghu (朱成虎), director of the Institute
for Strategic Studies of the PLA National Defence University
made a speech to the Beijing Institute of Contemporary International
Relations on October 15, 1999, calling Jiang to stay after the
Congress, on the grounds that China encountered unprecedented
domestic and international security challenges (the U.S. bombing
of Chinese embassy and Lee Denghui’s push for Taiwan independence).
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