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...sort of pragmatic intelligence. He's a Taiwanese Al Gore, and that's part of his problem. He could do with a bit of Clintonian warmth and charm. He struggles to connect, which is surprising considering that he has a cuddly-cute sort of marketability?the doe-eyed A-Bian doll, by all accounts, helped him charm younger voters in last year's election...
...Chen Shui-bian will face a mandate on his presidency in early December when all 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan come up for grabs. Until now, Chen's ability to push through a legislative program and stamp a new imprint on Taiwanese society has been stymied by the KMT's hold on a majority of parliamentary seats. His own DPP controls barely one-third of the seats. Since no party is likely to win a majority in the vote, taking 80 or 85 seats in the Yuan would be a crucial gain for Chen and his DPP. It would...
...tireless campaigner, he is on the road again, selling his message of DPP victory this December but more importantly selling A-Bian, the plucky little A-student from Hsi-chuang. Only now he wants to be the popular kid instead of the smart kid, the one you want to hang out with rather than the one whose homework you want to borrow. Then he can lead, because if you like him you will trust...
Thursday, May. 17, 2001 Chen Shui-bian made history a year ago when he was elected President of Taiwan, ending 55 years of Kuomintang rule. He's now honing his role on the global stage, as a key player in the cross-Strait drama and with a visit later this month to Latin America via the U.S. Chen sat down last week in Taipei for an interview with TIME editors and reporters. Edited excerpts...
...TIME: Does China understand what's happening in Taiwan? Chen: The PRC doesn't understand Taiwan, it doesn't understand the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and it doesn't understand Ah-Bian (Chen's nickname) personally. The PRC has made two major mistakes. First, it thought that my administration would soon topple. Ah-bian will not fall and will certainly complete the four-year term. Second, the PRC thinks that talking to this administration directly would be giving credit to Ah-Bian and the DPP. But actually the resumption of meaningful and constructive dialogue would not only credit Taiwan...