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...agreement was signed in October, thousands protested in Taiwan, with one student even eating a cow dung burger (worms and all) in front of the presidential office to demand the government renegotiate. "The Ma administration underestimated people's worries," says Yen Chen-shen, a research fellow at National Chengchi University's Institute of International Relations. "They never really tried to ensure Taiwanese consumers that this is going to be safe...
...China and offer roaming services and technology upgrades for their networks, which will strengthen FarEasTone's position in Taiwan. This would be the first direct investment by a Chinese state-owned company in Taiwan in six decades. "It is especially significant," says Dr. Edward Chow, a professor at National Chengchi University, "as the communications industry has long been considered to have a bearing on the national defense...
...tourists, for example, has proven to be only a trickle, due to continued restrictions on travel to Taiwan imposed by Beijing. "I think the good cross-strait policies have been blamed as a scapegoat for the downturn in the economy," says Chao Chien-min, a political scientist at National Chengchi University. "If times were better, I think the general attitude towards China would not be so strong...
Beijing should also be happy with the mood of Taiwan's electorate. "People want the government [in Taipei] to revive the economy and bring order back to politics," says Political Science Professor Chao Chien-min of National Chengchi University in Taiwan. "The majority is fed up with Chen's political engineering of controversies, ethnic tensions and referendums...
...independence than a political ploy by Chen to bolster his own legacy, as well as voter turnout in March for Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). "The ruling party doesn't have much to campaign about," says Chao Chien-min, a political science professor at Taiwan's National Chengchi University. "The only thing they can do is portray the opposition as Beijing's collaborator." Chao says a similar strategy was key to the DPP's victory in the 2004 elections, which included Taiwan's first referendum. This time around, the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has proposed its own referendum...