This does not indicate the existence of dove and hawk factions, as some in the media have speculated. It was instead the Communists 'typical alternation of civil and military tactics, of carrot and stick, applied here to counter Mr. Koo's attacks.
這倒不是某些媒體揣測的唐、錢、汪、江分屬鷹、鴿兩派，而是中共慣用的「文武之道，一張一弛」，以應付辜振甫的主動出擊。