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TheTurtle
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 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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This Saturday, January 12, elections will be held for the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan.
Anyone have any thoughts on how this will turn out?
Due to people growing tired of the zany shenanigans of President Chen Shui-bian and therefore his party (the DPP), I think the KMT will regain power after having it wrested from them in 2000. If the KMT do gain control of the legislature, it will probably put an end to the murmurings for independence that Chen has been proclaiming of late.
What do you think?
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FreakOil
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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| "Murmurings of independence" will not stop for a long time because a lot of Taiwanese, probably the majority, hate the boys in Beijing and look down on the mainlanders. |
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FreakOil
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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| We've got an Asia Discussion! Whooopeeee! |
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TheTurtle
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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| FreakOil wrote: | | "Murmurings of independence" will not stop for a long time because a lot of Taiwanese, probably the majority, hate the boys in Beijing and look down on the mainlanders. |
Hmmm ... polls I have read seem to suggest that the majority of people in Taiwan favor the status quo. A small number want independence and a small number dream of reuniting with a non-communist mainland.
I see that as being independent of how many people hate the boys in Beijing. Lots of people hate the boys in Beijing. I hate the boys in Beijing. An interesting guy from your part of the world, Longhair, seems to hate the boys in Beijing. Lots of mainlanders hate the boys ... probably a great many of them hate the boys in Beijing.
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TheTurtle
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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It looks like the KMT has won by a landslide.
AP article
This should pave the way for Ma to win the presidency in March (I've read that he was already ahead in the polls by 20 points).
I now expect to see more direct cross-strait flights between Taiwan and the mainland authorized. This should help to revive Taiwan's stagnant economy.
For a while at least. 
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brianlkennedy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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Hi Turtle,
Are you here in Taiwan or in Mississippi? I have lived here in Taiwan for about the past 15 years and just found this forum.
As for the elections; well Prez Ma has been in office now for a couple of weeks. We shall see how things unfold.
And...for the first time since I have been here, thing are getting kind of nasty at the gas pumps. One of Ma's first problems maybe adjusting gas rates.
take care,
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TheTurtle
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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| brianlkennedy wrote: | Hi Turtle,
Are you here in Taiwan or in Mississippi? I have lived here in Taiwan for about the past 15 years and just found this forum.
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Excellent, someone who knows Taiwan well. Welcome to the forums. I've been to Beijing a couple of times and I've been a student of things Chinese for more than three decades, but no I have never been to Taiwan. I will continue to watch events unfold to see how Ma handles things.
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jervis
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: Re: Upcoming Taiwan Election |
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Hi,
why you hate the boys in beijing? they hurt you or your family before?
do you hate Bush too? He is a war man....... |
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