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| | Encyclopedia: Elections in Taiwan |
 | | A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the countrys... | | | An election is a process in which a vote is held to choose amongst candidates to fill an office, or amongst political parties offering a slate of potential office holders for a house of representatives. | | | The Judicial Yuan (&;) is one of five branches of the Republic of China government in Taipei and serves as the highest judicial organ in Taiwan. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Elections-in-Taiwan
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| | Asia Society: Publications - Taiwan Elections |
| | The outcome of the election, hence, is of major concern to both the PRC and the United States (albeit in rather different regards). | | | For the first time in Taiwan’s brief democratic history, the outcome of a national election is in doubt. | | | In Taiwan, the general population became increasingly restive over their lack of diplomatic status, or face, and President Lee became frustrated when his initiative to gain some type of association with the United Nations went nowhere in the mid-1990s because of Beijing’s strident opposition. |
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http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/taiwan_elections.html
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| | Year 2000 Presidential Elections in Taiwan |
| | Lü was elected Taoyuan County Magistrate in a by-election. | | | December 1989 Legislative Yuan and County Magistrate Elections | | | Soong had his fall-out with president Lee Teng-hui earlier in 1998-99, when President Lee decided to honor his agreement with the democratic opposition of the DPP to phase out the anachronistic "Provincial Government", which happened to be the power-base of Mr. |
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http://www.taiwandc.org/elec2000.htm
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| | Taiwan elections |
| | His election is a political earthquake in the sense that the opposition rises to power, the KMT loses its 50-year power monopoly and with Annette Lu (DPP) as Taiwan's Vice President-elect the country will for the first time have a woman rise to such a high office. | | | After the election, Lee was forced to resign as party chairman by angry Nationalists who (rightly) held him responsible for the KMT's split and defeat. | | | Although the DPP has won the presidential election, it will have to share power since the party only controls only 71 seats in the 225-seat legislature whereas the KMT still holds an absolute majority with its 119 mandates. |
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http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo5/taiwan.htm
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| | Taiwan’s elections: Chen won't act without Bush |
| | Taiwan would need to become a member of UN and have official diplomatic relations with most countries. | | | An amendment of the old constitution would be needed for Taiwan to become an independent nation-state. | | | During a recent meeting with a visiting delegation from Mongolia, president Chen referred to that country's referendum on independence in 1990, stating this was “something Taiwan should learn from and turn to”. |
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http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2004/11/01taiwan.html
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| | Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan |
| | But there is no doubt that the DDP's triumph in legislative elections in 2001, and Chen's re-election victory against a united opposition in March this year were fueled by voters' new trust in the DPP not to do anything foolish. | | | Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's president since 2000, captured the Taipei City mayorship in 1994 - admittedly against a split opposition vote - giving some hope that the DPP was on a roll. | | | That is, they are talking up independence-type issues and constitutional reform, though the DPP is not calling for outright independence of the self-governing island. |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FL09Ad06.html
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| | AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society |
| | The inordinately high number of invalid ballots cast in Saturday’s election is believed to be the result of the work of a group which had urged Taiwanese voters to boycott the election. The Invalid Ballot Alliance had asked voters to intentionally mark their ballots as invalid to protest the influence of “big money”. | | | This election may well be the first in Taiwan’s history to be decided by mainland voters. | | | The Washington Post reports that Taiwan's High Court has ordered the ballots cast in Saturday’s election sealed while opposition petitions for a judicial investigation are considered. |
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http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=109736
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| | Deborah A. Brown, James A. Robinson, and Eric P. Moon, Taiwan’s December elections: Implications for Beijing |
| | At first blush, then, the overall election results appear to be a serious setback for the DPP, especially after its stunning advances in the November 1997 small city mayoral and county magistrate elections, which made many native Taiwanese hopeful and Beijing fearful that, by 2000, the DPP would replace the KMT as Taiwan’s ruling party. | | | In the parliamentary election, the DPP not only lost seats in the legislature, but also saw its share of the popular vote drop from 35.95 percent to 29.55 percent, its poorest showing since 1992. | | | Now it must contemplate a frustrating defeat at the hands of the voters who went to the polls on December 5 to choose the mayors and city councils for Taiwan’s largest cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, and members of Taiwan’s parliament. |
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http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/531.html
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| | Taiwan Elections 2004 |
| | But what needs to be bore in mind as we tread on this issue is that on the last constitutional amendments in 2000, the threshold of constitutional amendment was raised to a prohibitive level. | | | You need a three quarters majority of parliament, and that triggers the election for national assembly, and any amendments have to be approved by three-quarters of the national assembly. | | | A lot of the voters in Taiwan are not sure that having this referendum is necessary politically. |
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http://www.asiasociety.org/speeches/taiwan_elect04.html
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| | US-China Engagement |
| | Taiwan President Says Island Is Independent, Vows New Referendum (AFP, Mar. 30, 2004) President Chen Shui-bian has reiterated his belief that Taiwan is independent from China and said he plans to press ahead with a referendum on constitutional reform. | | | (Taiwan News, Feb. 29, 2004) Vice President Annette Lu asked voters to give President Chen Shui-bian and her another four-year term to continue political reforms while her challenger James Soong pitched a second transfer of power as the key to building a stronger Taiwan. | | | (NYT, Mar. 21, 2004) President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan was declared to have won a second term by a razor-thin margin, but the opposition Nationalist Party called for the election to be annulled and suggested that the president might have staged an 11th-hour assassination attempt to get votes. |
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http://www.taiwansecurity.org/TSR-2004President.htm
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| | The Taiwan Relations Act at 25 |
| | It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election. | | | Congress intended for the Taiwan Relations Act to preserve a relationship with a traditional ally of the United States after President Jimmy Carter decided to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. | | | The very next election involved a transfer of power between parties, and now the third election has required a judicial stamp of approval. |
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/hl828.cfm
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| | Taiwan History Timeline |
| | President Chaing Ching-kuo, the eldest son of Chiang kai-shek and former defense minister and premier, dies and is succeeded by Lee Teng-hui, the country's first native-born president. | | | The referendum failed due to low response—although 80% of eligible voters turned out for the presidential election, only 45% voted in the referendum and 50% were needed. | | | The end of martial law is declared in Taiwan. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/taiwantime1.html
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| | Taiwan’s Elections: The Clock on Confrontation Ticks Faster [Free Republic] |
| | Chinese forces generally remained in port or on bases during the elections, and a major exercise along the coast was canceled; Taiwanese forces were reportedly on alert. | | | Like Beijing’s attempts to influence the 1996 Taiwanese elections, this warning electrified the defiant Taiwanese, triggering 82 percent voter turnout — and sealed Chen’s victory. | | | Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, an economic reformer, stated March 15 that the citizens of the mainland were willing to use “all their blood” to win back Taiwan. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38d669392805.htm
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| | AP-991204-Taiwan-Elections |
| | Soong was once one of the party's superstars, a charismatic populist and Taiwan's first elected provincial governor. | | | At one rally, he appeared in a Star Trek uniform. | | | It helps him appeal to younger voters," said college student Chen Xin-yu as he browsed around a Taipei store. |
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http://www.taiwansecurity.org/AP/AP-991204-Taiwan-Elections.htm
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| | AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society |
| | James Soong was once a top figure in the KMT but split with the ruling party in November 1999 to begin his own campaign for presidency. | | | Hakkas are still sitting on the fence ahead of election | | | Chen had 39 percent of the vote, with Soong second at 37 percent and Lien getting just 23 percent. |
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http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=14931
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Opposition wins Taiwan elections |
| | The nationalists have lost two presidential elections in a row, and for the last three years they have relied on smaller parties for their parliamentary majority. | | | President Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has never won a majority in the parliament, the Legislative Yuan. | | | Taiwan's opposition alliance has defeated President Chen Shui-bian's DPP party in parliamentary elections. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4085503.stm
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| | Elections in Taiwan (Republic of China) |
| | The province of Taiwan is divided in 16 counties and 2 special municipalities. | | | Currently, Taiwan has diplomatic relations with 27 countries. | | | Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 2 and on civil rights with a 2, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free). |
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http://www.electionworld.org/taiwan.htm
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| | TAIWAN ELECTIONS - CHINA |
| | DATE=2/24/2000 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT TITLE=TAIWAN ELECTIONS - CHINA NUMBER=5-45504 BYLINE=GRACE CUTLER DATELINE=HONG KONG CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Voter support in Taiwan for presidential candidates is virtually unchanged in the aftermath of a new threat from Beijing. | | | Democratic Progressive Party hopeful Chen Shui-bian dropped one percentage point to 25 percent and Kuomintang candidate and Vice President Lien Chan held steady at 21 percent. | | | China considers Taiwan a renegade province and says it must eventually reunite with the mainland. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/taiwan/2000/000224-taiwan1.htm
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| | PM - Setback for separatist parties in Taiwan elections |
| | BRUCE JACOBS: Oh, in Taiwan itself there is, but I think it's important to realise that this election, I don't think everyone anticipated it, but this election in fact reflected the old legislative elections. | | | The elections happened at the weekend, and they represented a setback for the separatist parties led by the President Chen Shui Bian. | | | So when President Chen Shui Bian won a split election for president in 2000, that was sort of the beginning, and then in 2001 they became the largest party in the legislature, but they still didn't have the majority. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1264325.htm
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| | Global Beat-- Briefing on Implications of Taiwan's Elections |
| | Global Beat-- Briefing on Implications of Taiwan's Elections | | | ...will brief journalists by telephone on the implications of the elections in Taiwan | | | on U.S. policy and as an issue in the American election campaign. |
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http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/events/tbp27.html
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| | CNN In-Depth Specials - Taiwan Decides 2000 |
| | Chen said during his inaugural speech that as long as China refrained from using military means to take control of Taiwan, he would not push for independence from Beijing. | | | But Taiwan's neighbors are not so apprehensive about who wins the election. | | | As Taiwan prepared to choose only its second popularly elected president, the three leading candidates were subdued, their rhetoric mild and their tone tentative, even cautious. |
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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/taiwan.election
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| | US closely watching for signs of Chinese military activity ahead of Taiwan elections: official |
| | But he said there was "high confidence" China would emerge the loser if the United States became involved. | | | The elections are a potential flashpoint because Beijing fears the re-election of President Chen Shui-bian will push the island, which it regards as an integral part of China, further down a path of independence. | | | "The United States is certainly very supportive of Taiwan, but... |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040307081136.sjvltu5k.html
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| | ISN Security Watch - Taiwan’s elections raise tensions |
| | ISN Security Watch - Taiwan’s elections raise tensions | | | Hu already held the positions of party chief and president, now his influence officially extends to the military. | | | Chen has leaned towards a more pro-independence policy during the election, but he will likely pursue a pragmatic, business-oriented agenda after the elections. |
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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10344
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| | Taiwan elections go ahead |
| | Taipei - Taiwan's president and vice president were shot during the final day of the island's election campaign on Friday, but their conditions were not life-threatening, an aide said. | | | China and Taiwan split at the end of a civil war in 1949. | | | President Chen Shui-bian was hit in the stomach and Vice President Annette Lu was hit in the knee as they were driven through the streets of the southern town of Tainan, campaigning for Saturday's presidential vote, said Chen's spokesperson Chiou I-jen. |
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http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1500749,00.html
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| | Editorial: Taiwan's elections |
| | Since his election, his remarks have been much more restrained, even to the point of suggesting that he would not pursue the objective of independence. | | | During the election he repeatedly expressed his commitment to Taiwanese independence. | | | The recent election of Chen Shui-bian as President of Taiwan (with about 40 per cent of the vote) has further complicated relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its province of Taiwan. |
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http://www.geocities.com/cpa_blacktown/20000329editoguard.htm
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