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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...
...fact, no matter whether the KMT's Ma or the DPP's Hsieh wins the presidential election in March, Taiwan will most likely begin to have direct trade and air links to China. Currently, what would be just a 90-minute trip between Taipei and Shanghai is a nearly seven-hour haul through a third city, usually Hong Kong. Taiwan's businessmen have lobbied for direct flights for years, but China has been unwilling to negotiate because of its anger at Chen...
Sticky issues remain - including the nature of the Taipei regime in relation to the government in Beijing if both are part of "One China." Ma believes he can skirt the issue by referring to the government in Taiwan by its official name, The Republic of China, based on a consensus the KMT says was reached with Beijing in 1992. (The DPP maintains that no agreement was ever made.) "If that issue is resolved," says Chao, "there's no limit to what can be agreed upon - direct links and tourist exchanges could happen immediately...
...example, continues to reduce Taiwan's international presence. In recent years Senegal and Costa Rica dropped their recognition of Taiwan, leaving it with ties to just 24 countries. Last month Malawi sent diplomats to Beijing, raising fears in Taiwan that the small African state could drop its recognition of Taipei and establish formal diplomatic ties with China. And the coercion is not merely political...