eTaiwan News 2010-11-30 By DEBBY WU Associated Press Taiwan’s main opposition leader said Tuesday she will establish a think tank to help create “a peaceful and stable framework for interacting with China.” The statement by Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party comes just days after her party out-polled the ruling Nationalists in closely...
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Focus Taiwan 2010/11/28 Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) The results of Taiwan’s municipal elections showed that the ruling party’s reforms have borne fruit, President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday. Mayoral candidates of the Kuomintang (KMT) fended off their challengers in Taipei, Xinbei(currently Taipei County) and greater Taichung, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party retained its stronghold...
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The China Post November 28, 2010 – Results in the five municipality elections, especially in the northern cities, have shown the limitations of pollster predictions in modern politics where, quoting former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson, “a week is a long time.” Taiwan’s regulations forbidding the release of polls within 10 days before an...
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Focus Taiwan 2010/11/28 Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Lien Sheng-wen, who was shot in the face at a Kuomintang (KMT) rally Friday night, is pleased with the party’s 3-2 win in the mayoral elections, a close friend who visited him in hospital said Sunday. Lien, the son of former Vice President Lien Chan and a...
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RTI 11/28/2010 Pundits from various sectors spoke about the state of Taiwanese democracy following Saturday’s elections. One of those pundits is Wang Dan, one of the leaders of the Chinese democracy movement, who currently teaches at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University. Wang said that while past elections focused a lot on cultural identity and...
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