However, Ma differs from pan-blue elders like Lien Chan and James Soong in that he has never shied away from criticizing the communist regime in China on its human rights record and monopoly on power. Ma has memorialized the Tian'anmen Massacre on June 4 every year and has spoken out in support of Falun Gong.
不過，和連戰、宋楚瑜等已走訪中國的國親大老不同的是，馬英九對中共政權始終抱持「『民主人權』與『共產專政』不兩立」的立場，對中共暴行從來不假辭色。