This is prompted in part by the high-profile summit's implications for the ROC's interests and by recent comments on cross-strait trade by industry heavyweights such as Formosa Plastics patriarch Wang Yung-ching and Evergreen head Chang Jung-fa, but also by the fact that a full 10 years have passed since the late President Chiang Ching-kuo authorized family visits to mainland China, ushering in a new era in cross-strait relations after four decades without contact.
原來，除了以高分貝進行的「中美高峰」會談攸關台灣利益，日前企業鉅子台塑集團老當家王永慶與長榮企業集團掌門人張榮發，頻頻就兩岸經貿往來發表盡速三通的言論外，我們也驚覺，自從前總統經國先生開放大陸探親，從而開啟四十年來不曾往來的兩岸新局以來，已是匆匆十個年頭。