on 5 july 2008, on his visit to taiwanese writer koarn hack tarn's home, taiwanese president ma ying-jeou promised that he would not introduce the usage of simplified chinese into the territories just because of the local newly passed policy to let mainland tourists visit taiwan but to provide side-by-side translation so that mainland visitors could appreciate the aesthetic nature of traditional chinese. and he also told journalists that he wished all chinese people would eventually be using traditional chinese in the near future.