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...movie star looks and squeaky clean image. What's more, he's a member of the Kuomintang Party (KMT), which ruled Taiwan for 51 years before being voted out of power two years back. The current thinking is that Ma could present a strong challenge to President Chen Shui-bian, possibly heralding the return of the KMT. That would be an epochal event for the island's nascent, ever-evolving democracy, signaling either a revival of the cash-rich party's hegemony or, at the least, the start of a two-party system. The mainland would certainly be watching...
...limbering up to do within his party before he can think of a run. KMT Chair-man Lien Chan stood for election in 2000 and did badly, scoring 23% of the vote, but he might run again. KMT defector James Soong also has presidential ambitions, and he nearly beat Chen in 2000 as a third-party candidate. If Soong runs, Ma's support would be split. "If there are two sets of can-didates," Ma tells TIME, "we will only repeat the defeat of two years ago." Is that the sound of the 2004 starting...
...Ezra Chen, a former assistant director-general in Taiwan’s foreign ministry, said a Harvard background has less importance in Taiwanese politics because “many of our politicians are American educated...
...choosing Lee, the DPP made its “best choice,” according to Chen. But it might still be not enough. Polls indicate Ma will “crush his opponent,” Goldstein said...
...loses the Taipei mayoral race, they lose all Taiwan,” said Chen, a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. “This is the last bastion for KMT to fight...