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...Harvard graduate is guaranteed to win the Taipei mayoral election this Saturday in a race that may have important ramifications for cross-strait relations with China...
...returned to Taiwan to serve in a variety of government positions, including minister of justice. In the 1998 Taipei mayoral election, he defeated the then-incumbent, who has gone on to be the president of the country...
...which advocates independence, currently holds the presidency. But Goldstein said KMT victories in Taipei and Kaoshiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, could loosen tensions across the Taiwan Strait...
...loses the Taipei mayoral race, they lose all Taiwan,” said Chen, a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. “This is the last bastion for KMT to fight...
...takes 40% of China's exports, directly and indirectly employs millions of Chinese workers, and is the single largest foreign direct investor there. Furthermore, learning from the Soviet experience, Beijing wants to avoid bankrupting itself in a futile arms race with America. As for Taiwan, though the U.S. is Taipei's principal guarantor, not even the Bush Administration is prepared to support independence. For the status quo to continue, Beijing has to engage Washington, not rebuff...