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...Ma Ying-jeou, the new President of Taiwan, has been handed a mandate to radically alter his country's relationship with China in a way that can potentially redraw the political map of east Asia...
...crowd of around 100 students and House administrators.“You’re going to be playing beautiful music. You’re going to be making billions of dollars,” Faust told the rising sophomores, referring to former Currier residents Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Bill Gates.—Abby D. Phillip, Clifford M. Marks, and Nathan C. Strauss contributed to the reporting of this story.—Staff writer Charles J. Wells can be reached at wells2@fas.harvard.edu...
...Even if Ma overcomes Hsieh and wins the presidency, he could face serious hurdles in realizing his vision of improved cross-strait relations. Much of his success will depend on the attitude of Beijing. On the surface, the interests of Ma and Hu Jintao appear to be dovetailing. Under Hu, whom Ma compliments as "sophisticated," China has dramatically softened its stance toward Taipei, and Hu these days sounds ready to compromise. In his speech opening the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress in early March, Hu reiterated his offer to sign a peace treaty. "Status in negotiations would be equal...
...Ma's biggest stumbling block might well be the ambivalent feelings of his own people toward China. Fear of domination by China is still widespread among Taiwan's population and Ma might have to tread carefully or risk a backlash. Even those in favor of closer relations, like Kaohsiung's Wayne Lee, harbor lingering fears of the consequences. "We have to ask ourselves if it is worth making a lot of money for 10 years and trading away our sovereignty," he says...
...Ma believes Taiwan can have it all. "We could accomplish a lot of things across the Taiwan Strait without damaging Taiwanese interests, Taiwanese dignity or Taiwanese security," he says. If he's right, the political map of Asia would be changed forever...