Taiwan poll win a check to Chen
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THE opposition Taiwanese Nationalist Party snatched a shock victory in legislative elections on Saturday in a sharp voter rebuke to the increasingly radical push for independence from mainland China by President Chen Shui-bian.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under  pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated  parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in  weekend legislative elections.
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TAIPEI Voter approval of President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan has fallen to a record low of 34 percent after the defeat of his pro-independence alliance in legislative elections this weekend, according to a survey released Monday.
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Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, which supports closer ties with mainland China, overwhelmingly won the country's parliamentary election Saturday in a major upset to the current government.
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Taiwanese in Taipei and a major port city vote for new mayors in a key test for the president.
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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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Taiwan&#39;s opposition Nationalist Party supporters celebrate in front of party headquarters in Taipei after the party and its allies won legislative elections, December 11, 2004.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 24 -- President Chen Shui-bian easily survived an impeachment vote in Taiwan's legislature Friday despite his wife's indictment on embezzlement charges and a prosecutor's statement that Chen could be indicted as well if he did not have presidential immunity.
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Taiwan&#39;s ruling Democratic Progressive party has promised to pass sweeping economic and political reforms if it gains control of the legislature for the first time in Saturday&#39;s election.
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Taiwan&#39;s opposition parties, which favor closer ties with China, have won over half of parliament&#39;s 225 seats, the Central Election Commission said on Saturday, in an outcome likely to please Beijing.
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Taiwan&#39;s shares ended higher Monday, with traditional stocks gaining following the transfer of military leadership in rival China to its president, Hu Jintao, analysts said.
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TAIPEI, Jan. 12 -- The opposition Nationalist party scored an overwhelming victory in Taiwan's legislative elections Saturday in a repudiation of President Chen Shui-bian's confrontational drive to push this self-ruled island along the road toward formal independence.
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Taipei, Dec. 10 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian went into overdrive Friday on the eve of the legislative elections to campaign for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates, pledging to realize five
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Taiwan's nationalists on Sunday celebrated their landslide win in legislative elections, setting their sights on the race to succeed President Chen Shui-bian, who headed in defeat to Guatemala.
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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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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan's name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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Scandal-tainted Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian won a fresh reprieve on Friday when opposition parties in parliament failed for a third time to pass a bill that would allow the electorate to vote on his removal from office.