Taiwan election draws capital interest
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Bee Staff Writer. Today, Carl Lai, a plant scientist from Sacramento, will vote in Taipei on the future of Taiwan, along with roughly 4,000 other Taiwanese from California.
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Mayoral elections in Taiwan's two biggest cities next month will provide a new, stern test for the island's beleaguered ruling party even though President Chen Shui-bian has survived three attempts in parliament to oust him.
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TAIPEI -- Taiwanese voted yesterday not to give President Chen Shui-bian the legislative majority he had sought in a hard-fought campaign as reinforcement for his leadership and endorsement of his plans to edge the self-ruled island closer to independence.
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The pro-independence party of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian suffered a surprise defeat in weekend legislative elections that could ease tensions with China but paralyze government on the democratic island.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan&#39;s opposition scored a surprise victory in legislative elections Saturday, a development expected to blunt President Chen Shui-Bian&#39;s pro-independence agenda and ease fears in Beijing.
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Premier Yu Shyi-Kun hopes economic ties to the mainland will guarantee peace. If not, &quot;Taiwan has to have to ability to defend itself&quot;.
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Text of report in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website  [By Deborah Kuo]  Taipei, Feb.
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Taiwan's ruling party scored a surprise victory in a tight mayoral race in one of the island's two major cities against a backdrop of accusations and counter-accusations, but the opposition demanded recount.
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After two years of political upheaval and post-coup policy bungles, most Thais and foreign investors hope Sunday's general election will signal the end of a period of disappointing economic growth.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) took a big lead in early election results on Saturday, boosting its hopes to retake the presidency in March and auguring improved relations with China.
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Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) thrashed the ruling DPP in legislative elections on Saturday, strengthening its bid to recapture the presidency in March and heralding better relations with China.
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Taiwan's main opposition party, which once ruled all of China, will mull a proposal to amend its charter to underline its commitment to the island as it competes for Taiwan-identity votes in upcoming elections.
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HONG KONG Turnout is brisk in Hong Kong where voters could give pro-democracy leaders more clout than they&#39;ve had since China reclaimed the area in 1997.
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The nation's capital and its suburbs have a rare opportunity to help decide a presidential election rather than just obsess about it, as next Tuesday's three-jurisdiction contest centers on Washington and its two neighbors.
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Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party is pinning its hopes on next week's heated mayoral election in the southern city of Kaohsiung
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Taiwanese opposition lawmakers cruised the streets in trucks Sunday, thanking voters for their upset victory in an election expected to calm U.S. fears that the island was headed toward a conflict with rival China.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 9 -- Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taiwan's capital Saturday demanding the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian, whose family members and close aides have been embroiled in a string of corruption scandals.