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...about his plans, and he's got some 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...
...People have been getting along fine with bikes. I don’t know what impact it might have,” said Oliver Soong...
...vote, taking 80 or 85 seats in the Yuan would be a crucial gain for Chen and his DPP. It would also be a tribute to how divided his opposition is. The KMT, led by Lien Chan, and the People's First Party, led by former KMT stalwart James Soong, have opposing interests and will find it difficult to coalesce. A good showing in December, and Chen's disappointing first year?especially his mishandling of a pledge to keep Taiwan nuclear-free by canceling and then reinstating a planned power plant?could be forgotten as Chen pushes through his legislative...
...voting would turn out. When unofficial polls showed Chen nudging ahead, Beijing added to the uncertainty by trying to browbeat the electorate into voting against him. But when all the ballots were counted, Chen had notched just over 39% of the votes. His closest rival, the independent candidate James Soong, had nearly 37%, while the KMT candidate, Vice President Lien Chan, slumped with a 23% showing...
TAIWAN: Daniel Huang was eased out of his position as spokesman for provincial governor James Soong last fall after a radio journalist accused him--on the air--of getting her pregnant, pressuring her to get an abortion and dumping her for another girlfriend--all while separated but not yet divorced from his wife...