Classified U.S. government documents newly released by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks said Taiwan was the biggest issue holding up the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China 30 years ago. They also show that Taiwan continues to remain the toughest issue between the two countries despite improving cross-Taiwan Strait ties since the election of President Ma Ying-jeou in March 2008. The following are excerpts from the local media coverage of the issue: United Daily News: Among the leaked files was a classified document dated Jan. 6, 2009 from the U.S. embassy in Beijing, titled 'Looking at the Next 30 years of the U.S.-China relationship.' The document said Taiwan would remain a delicate topic in U.S.-China relations for the foreseeable future. 'We should continue to support Taiwan and Mainland efforts to reduce tension by increasing Taiwan's 'international space' and reducing Mainland's military build-up across from Taiwan, ' read the document, which was classified by then-U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt. Another document from the U.S. embassy in Beijing, titled 'Hu Jintao in charge of Tibet policy; leadership unified, buoyed and constrained by nationalist sentiment, ' said that in the years to come, U.S. defense experts would need to closely monitor China's contingency plans. The U.S. also needed to use every diplomatic and strategic tool it had to prevent China from making moves to intimidate Taiwan, the document advised. (Dec. 6, 2010). China Times: The leaked document regarding Tibet said Chinese President Hu Jintao had 'great confidence' when it came to Tibet, putting him in a virtually unassailable position. There might be room within the Chinese leadership to express differences with Hu on issues such as Taiwan, economic development or political reform, but not on Tibet, according to the leaked files posted on the Wikileaks website. The document further stated that a range of contacts had acknowledged that there were differences of opinion within the Communist Party of China and among elites regarding Tibet, though none believed this reflected any disagreement among the top leadership. Hu Jintao was 'completely' in charge of China's Tibet policy, it said. The document further revealed that Tibet policy was more sensitive for China's leadership than even Taiwan, noting that despite its rhetoric, Beijing had tacitly accepted the involvement of the United States in Taiwan but could never accept the 'interference' of foreign powers in Tibet. (Dec. 6, 2010). 