"On a more positive note, the tsunami made the world more aware of the Aceh issue than it has ever been before," says Chen. In the past, the West was largely indifferent to the problem, forcing the Free Aceh Movement to seek support from the Middle East. This resulted in its members being labeled radical Muslims, and, after 9 / 11, "international terrorists."
「比較樂觀的是，海嘯讓亞齊問題的國際能見度提升到有史以來的最高點，」他說，以往亞齊問題長期受西方社會漠視，才導致亞獨必須尋求中東國家支持，而被歸為回教極端主義者，911 事件後還被視為國際恐怖份子，「實在是被醜化了。」