Officially, the state of China/Taiwan relations is best characterised by the economic co-operation framework agreement (ECFA), the trade deal the two sides signed in Chongqing last June. But cross-straits relations are more accurately captured by Taipei’s mischievous decision to hold missile tests, the first by-invitation media event for nine years, just as Hu Jintao began his state visit to Washington.
從官方角度看,臺(tái)海兩岸去年6月在重慶簽署的貿(mào)易協(xié)定——《海峽兩岸經(jīng)濟(jì)合作框架協(xié)議》(ECFA)——最好地說(shuō)明了兩岸關(guān)系。然而,比ECFA更準(zhǔn)確體現(xiàn)兩岸實(shí)際關(guān)系的,卻是臺(tái)北方面在胡錦濤對(duì)美國(guó)展開國(guó)事訪問(wèn)之際做出的、帶有惡作劇性質(zhì)的導(dǎo)彈試射決定。臺(tái)北方面9年來(lái)首次邀請(qǐng)媒體參與此類試射活動(dòng)。