Taiwan's Races

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(1) Michael Sainsbury, China Looms Large as Taiwan's Presidential Poll Hits Fever Pitch. The Australian January 12,
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/ ... rg6so-1226242110151

(2) James Pomfret, Taiwan's Other Election No Less Crucial for China Ties. Reuters, Jan 11, 2012.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... USTRE80A0EL20120111
its leader, James Soong, is critical of Ma.

Despite trailing a long way behind in the polls, the party may get enough seats, at the Nationalists' expense, to hand it a kingmaker role in the next parliament. * * * "We're going to assert that crucial, key minority position."

Note: hung (adj; First Known Use 1848):
"unable to reach a decision or verdict <a hung jury>; also British : not having a political party with an overall majority <a hung parliament>"

(3) Mark MacKinnon, China Uses a New Tactic to Influence Taiwan’s Election: Silence. Globe and Mail (Toronto), Jan  
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n ... /?utm_medium=Feeds: RSS/Atom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2298850
(paragraph 1: "Three days before Taiwan goes to the polls to hold the country’s fifth-ever presidential and parliamentary elections, there’s the most unexpected sound coming from the other side of the Taiwan Strait: silence.")

(4) Tim Culpan, Taiwan Inc Backs Ma Re-Election in Push for China Business. Bloomberg, Jan 11, 2012.
http://www.businessweek.com/news ... china-business.html

Note: MSCI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCI
(In 1968, The Capital International Indices are published, the first set of global stock market indices for non-U.S. markets. In 1986, Morgan Stanley obtains from Capital exclusive rights to license the indices. The indices are branded Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI).)

(5)  Yasmin Lee G Arpon, Taiwan's Gamble. Asia News Network, Jan 11, 2012.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Asi ... 0120111-321211.html
("Taiwan has a complicated history that is manifested not only in its culture, architecture or geopolitics, but in daily life, like the languages used in Taipei's metro rail transit system: Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka and English.")

My comment: This is a lengthy report, spanning 7 web pages. I do not know if you have the patience to finish it.

(6) Ed Royce, The Folly of 'Managed' Taiwan Ties. The Diplomat, Jan 12, 2012 (available now).
http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/ ... anaged-taiwan-ties/

My comment: The author is a pro-Taiwan member of House of Representatives. Whoever becomes the next president of Taiwan is bound to quickly resolve US beef export, which in my view should have resolved years ago.

(7) Ralph Jennings, Taiwan's Top Election Issue: Rich Earn 6 Times More Than Poor: Taiwan, one of the four Asian Tiger nations known for its economic growth, is about to elect a new president. Voters are most concerned with economic improvement. Christian Science Monitor, Jan 11, 2012.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/A ... imes-more-than-poor
("Taiwan’s wealthiest 20 percent earn more than 6 six times the poorest 20 percent, the government announced earlier this year.")

My comment: There is no need to read this report.