Jiang is naturally unable to grasp the democracy card; the fear of it is so strong in Communist China that they did not even dare to meet with Kang Ning-hsiang, a well-known figure in Taiwan's democracy movement.
辜振甫的這張牌，不但是對江澤民、錢其琛的當頭棒喝，也是對亞太各國和柯林頓的當頭棒喝。江澤民果然招架不住民主牌，嚇得連康寧祥都不敢見了。