Taiwan Elects a Supporter of Closer Mainland Ties

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:31 PM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

Ma Ying-jeou, a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Taipei mayor from the Nationalist Party, won by a convincing margin. He prevailed despite a last-minute effort by his opponent, Frank Hsieh of the Democratic Progressive Party, to caution voters that the Chinese crackdown in Tibet was a warning of what could happen to Taiwan if it did not stand up to Beijing.

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Beijing officials have been wooing the Nationalists for years, even serving as hosts to visits to the mainland over the past three years by those party leaders who are especially eager for eventual political reunification with the mainland, like Lien Chan, the party's unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2004.

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This could change their relationship greatly.

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