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...island only backfires. The Kuomintang (KMT), which favors closer ties with China, won 81 of Legislative Yuan's 113 seats, soundly defeating Chen's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which took 27. The win also gives momentum to KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou over DPP rival Frank Hsieh in the March 22 vote. Chen Shui-bian called it the worst setback in the history of the DPP, and took responsibility by resigning as the party's chairman...
...Beijing can't wait for Chen's term to be over - and not just because of its treasured Olympics. There is another prize as well. Both the KMT's presidential candidate, former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, and the DPP's nominee, former Premier Frank Hsieh, support improved ties with the mainland. "Some window of opportunity exists ahead of us," says Yang. Beijing just has to get over the finish lines without giving in to its Olympic jitters...
Beijing can't wait for Chen's term to be over - and not just because of its treasured Olymics. There is another prize as well. Both the KMT's presidential candidate, former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, and the DPP's nominee, former Premier Frank Hsieh, support improved ties with the mainland. "Some window of opportunity exists ahead of us," says Yang. Beijing just has to get over the finish lines without giving in to its Olympic jitters. With reporting by Natalie Tso/Taipei
...want to give Taiwan a place in the world.' FRANK HSIEH, former Premier of Taiwan and an advocate of improving relations with China, after being chosen to run as the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's candidate in the island's March 2008 elections...
...That relief didn't come easy. In Taipei, DPP candidate Frank Hsieh lost the mayoral race to Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hau Lung-bin by about 13%. But Taipei, a KMT stronghold, was a race the DPP was expected to lose. In Kaohsiung, on the other hand, the DPP has held the mayoral seat for the past eight years. DPP candidate Chen Chu, an ex-labor minister and former political prisoner, won by 1,114 votes, just .14% of the total 767,868 ballots cast. She had trailed in opinion polls in the weeks before the election and acknowledged that...