We must ask: Does increasing cross-Strait exchange require Taiwan to lower its standards of freedom and democracy, in order to achieve the same level of repressive authoritarian rule that China has?

• 我们不禁要问：难道要强化两岸经贸交流，也必须透过降低台湾的民主自由程度、以达成与中国同样极权统治的水准吗？