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	Encyclopedia: Elections in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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 Election for the 5th Legislative Yuan (第五屆立法委員選舉) of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan was held on December 1, 2001.
		The Election for the 6th Legislative Yuan (第六屆立法委員選舉) of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on December 11, 2004.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Elections-in-Taiwan (1223 words)

	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).
		Taiwan experienced a peaceful democratic transition in the late 1980s and early 1990s from essentially one-party authoritarian rule by the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which had evacuated to Taiwan in 1949 after losing the Chinese civil war to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
		Taiwan businesses are now estimated to have invested $30—$40 billion dollars on the Chinese mainland, primarily in low-end manufacturing that is being priced out of Taiwan, and the indirect trade to China accounts for nearly a fifth of Taiwan’s exports.
	www.asiasociety.org /publications/taiwan_elections.html (9697 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		But this was interpreted locally as Taiwan's independence from the Republic of China, ie, the gang of mainlander exiles who had run Taiwan as their personal fiefdom since Chiang Kai-shek's flight from the mainland in 1949 and who had locked themselves in office until China was "recovered" from the communists.
		While the 2001 election made the DPP the biggest party, it nevertheless gave the combined pan-blues a paper-thin overall majority, which has proved extraordinarily resilient despite the DPP's efforts to wean away the considerable number of KMT legislators disillusioned with their party's disastrous leadership and pro-China leanings.
		Taiwan might have had an administration these last four years, but not what is generally though of as a government.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FL09Ad06.html (1921 words)

	Taiwan’s elections: Chen won't act without Bush
		The dispute over Taiwan, regarded as a “renegade province” of China by the ostensibly “communist” regime in Beijing, is potentially one of the most dangerous in Asia, involving an ascendant China, US and Japanese imperialism, and much of the world's computer industry.
		Taiwan would need to become a member of UN and have official diplomatic relations with most countries.
		Taiwan has always expected/relied on American and Japanese military intervention in the event of a cross-strait conflict.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2004/11/01taiwan.html (1269 words)

	Taiwan Elections 2004
		In his debate, he said that Taiwan is definitely the economic center of Asia, and that it is by working from within and having a broad view of Taiwan’s economic possibilities in the region, not the leveraging of Taiwan’s proximity to China, that will augur best for Taiwan’s economic future.
		The idea of a new constitution for Taiwan, and the idea of a national referendum to be held concurrently with the Presidential election, I think were both conceived not entirely but substantially as strategic initiative aimed at enhancing Chen’s chances of reelection.
		As Taiwan increasing becomes an advanced industrial democracy, they are going to have to deal with the issues of pensions, social reform, benefits for people, and the question of how you adapt to higher levels of economic niche in the world economy and so on.
	www.asiasociety.org /speeches/taiwan_elect04.html (9971 words)

	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 President Leads Presidential Race for First Time in 2004: Poll (AFP, Mar. 6, 2004) President Chen Shui-bian took the lead in Taiwan's election race for the first time this year after reaping the benefit of a huge government-backed anti-China protest last weekend, according to an influential newspaper poll.
		Taiwan's President Seems Secure Despite a Huge Rally By Keith Bradsher (New York Times, Mar. 28, 2004) President Chen Shui-bian agreed to one of the demonstrators' demands, but seemed to be in a strong position to fend off others and to remain Taiwan's president for the next four years.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /TSR-2004President.htm (5510 words)

	Year 2000 Presidential Elections in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The March 2000 elections are thus a "coming-of-age" of democracy in Taiwan.
		In 1992 she returned to Taiwan to became active again in the democratic opposition of the DPP, and ran successfully for a seat in the Legislative Yuan in December 1992.
		As governor of "Taiwan Province" from 1994 through 1998 he had been able to build up a wide network of supporters, enhancing his position and creating goodwill -- especially in the poorer central and southern counties of the island -- by generously dispensing funds for roads, streetlighting and other public infrastructure.
	www.taiwandc.org /elec2000.htm (1442 words)

	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.
		Aftershocks of the election are felt in and outside the KMT.
		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.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo5/taiwan.htm (1005 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Taiwan’s elections raise tensions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The election is expected to be very close, but some polls indicate that Pan-Green may be able to gain a majority coalition with the gains of TSU and TAIP.
		The election also saw the defeat, due to a lack of a quorum, of a two-part referendum on increasing Taiwan's military spending and setting up a framework for direct talks with Beijing.
		Some observers in Taiwan are hopeful that Hu will use cross-strait tensions as a means to further consolidate his power within the Chinese bureaucracy, but this seems unlikely as Hu is seeking to layout a revised vision of how the domestic economy should expand.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10344 (1572 words)

	Taiwan History Timeline
		Taiwan and the U.S. consider the exercises an act of intimidation by China and the U.S. responds by sending a fleet of naval reinforcements to the area in what would be the biggest U.S. envoy in Asia since the Vietnam War.
		Taiwan President Lee says in a German radio interview that China and Taiwan should deal with each other on a "state-to-state" basis, implying that Taiwan is moving towards a formal declaration of independence.
		Taiwan's national legislature approved two resolutions of varying severity, one calling on China not to deploy any more missiles aimed at Taiwan and the gradual removal of its existing missiles, the other demanding the immediate removal of the missiles.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/taiwantime1.html (1938 words)

	Deborah A. Brown, James A. Robinson, and Eric P. Moon, Taiwan’s December elections: Implications for Beijing
		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.
		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.
		At least some of these new members, who are well aware that they owe their election victories to the provincial KMT cells they cultivated on their own rather than to the helpful hand of the KMT central government, bitterly resent the dissolution of the assembly.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/531.html (1296 words)

	The Taiwan Relations Act at 25
		Taiwan's elections are merely the most obvious ways to measure the breathtaking pace of change there.
		Twenty-five years ago, Taiwan was an authoritarian society under a martial law regime, and few experts--if any--could have predicted that the seeds of democratic government present at that time would have grown into such a vibrant democracy today.
		Taiwan has never been part of the PRC and so may be said to already possess de facto independence.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/hl828.cfm (2133 words)

	AP-991204-Taiwan-Elections
		Now this island is in the middle of a presidential election that has already provided plenty of entertainment and promises to deliver more as the campaign heats up in the final months.
		Until 12 years ago, Taiwan was run by a repressive government that banned opposition parties that threatened its rule.
		This March's election will be just the second time the Taiwanese have directly elected their leader.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /AP/AP-991204-Taiwan-Elections.htm (717 words)

	Elections in Taiwan (Republic of China) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Taiwan (Chinese: 中華 / China (臺灣 / Taiwan)) is a country in East Asia.
		The province of Taiwan is divided in 16 counties and 2 special municipalities.
		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).
	www.electionworld.org /taiwan.htm (364 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Opposition wins Taiwan elections
		Some people in Taiwan are keen to portray the election as round two of the presidential poll, and the campaign was dominated by the former presidential candidates, our correspondent says.
		President Chen's supporters believed that a convincing performance in the election would show China and his critics at home that he does have a mandate to govern.
		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.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4085503.stm (376 words)

	Editorial: Taiwan's elections
		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.
		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.
		In the 1940s when the victorious Chinese Red Armies defeated the nationalist Kuomintang and chased the remnants of their armies to Taiwan, it was the US Seventh fleet that intervened in the Taiwanese Straits and protected the Kuomintang from total defeat.
	www.geocities.com /cpa_blacktown/20000329editoguard.htm (685 words)

	AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society
		Before the election, Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Lien Chan was seen as a favorite, largely because his party seemed to offer the hope of stability and less contentious relations with the mainland.
		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”.
		While Taiwan's referendum law in many ways is a model of democracy, the organization of the vote is a deliberate travesty of democracy and fairness.
	www.asiasource.org /news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=109736 (2820 words)

	AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society
		During the 1996 elections, China fired missiles into deserted islands across the Taiwan Strait around the same time Taiwan voters, for the first time ever, directly elected their president.
		Accusations of political corruption were also rampant in the elections, including issues of embezzlement and the use of "fl gold" politics (using business to influence local politics).
		Also access information on the election's financial effects, the legacy of Lee Teng-hui, and general resources on Taiwan.
	www.asiasource.org /news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=14931 (1193 words)

	US closely watching for signs of Chinese military activity ahead of Taiwan elections: official
		China now has roughly 500 ballistic missiles within range of Taiwan and is adding more at a rate of about 75 a year, a US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
		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.
		China's preferred option is the limited use of force to achieve limited political objectives, such as to force Taiwan to pull back from a course of action, he said.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040307081136.sjvltu5k.html (642 words)

	Taiwan’s Elections: The Clock on Confrontation Ticks Faster [Free Republic]
		Chen Shui-bian, standard-bearer for formal independence from mainland China, won the March 18 presidential elections in Taiwan, gaining 39 percent of the vote and defeating the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) that has ruled since 1945.
		Yet Beijing remains dependent upon Taiwan for access to capital and technology and lacks the military capability to conquer Taiwan.
		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.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a38d669392805.htm (1489 words)

	PM - Setback for separatist parties in Taiwan elections
		So Parliamentary elections on the island of Taiwan, especially elections focussing on the explosive issue of a complete separation between the countries, which Beijing fiercely opposes, are not just of local interest.
		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.
		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.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1264325.htm (953 words)

	TAIWAN ELECTIONS - CHINA
		China considers Taiwan a renegade province and says it must eventually reunite with the mainland.
		Four years ago during Taiwan's first presidential elections, Beijing threatened Taiwan with its military might and test fired missiles in waters off the coast of Taiwan.
		He says people are rejecting the status- quo ideas of the ruling K-M-T to keep Taiwan on a separate but unequal footing with Beijing.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/taiwan/2000/000224-taiwan1.htm (537 words)

	Taiwan elections go ahead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		The pair were rushed to the Chi Mei hospital in the town 300km south of Taipei but their lives were not in danger and the elections were scheduled to go ahead as planned, Chiou told reporters in Taipei.
		Despite over half a century of de facto independent rule on Taiwan, the government in Beijing still claims the island is a renegade province which must be brought back under its rule.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1500749,00.html (528 words)

	CNN In-Depth Specials - Taiwan Decides 2000
		Chen Shui-bian took the oath of office as Taiwan's new president Saturday -- and refused to bend to Beijing's claim that the island is an inseparable part of China.
		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.
		When Taiwan's voters go to the polls to choose a new president, nations across the Pacific Rim will be keeping a close watch.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/taiwan.election (372 words)

	Global Beat-- Briefing on Implications of Taiwan's Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ambassador James Lilley, who was the U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, 1989-1991 and director of the American Institute in Taiwan, 1982-1984, will brief journalists on the results of Taiwan's March 18th elections.
		So far, the only issue in Asia to get any attention in the U.S. presidential race has been the billowing conflict between Taiwan and China, which will be affected by the outcome of the March 18 elections.
		In addition to his posting Beijing and Taipei, ambassador Lilley has been ambassador to Korea, 1986-1989, assistant secretary of defense for international affairs, 1991-1993, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian Affairs, 1985-1986, and national intelligence officer for China, 1975-1978.
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/events/tbp27.html (286 words)

	Terrorism, Taiwan Elections, and Tattered Treaties: PRC Security Politics From September 11 Through Year's End by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		First, and most obvious, is the September 11 attack on America and the newfound spirit of U.S.-China cooperation that arose from that atrocious event.
		Second are trends in the mainland's relations with Taiwan in the weeks surrounding the December 2001 Legislative Yuan elections, in which President Chen Shui-bian's Party, the DPP, did surprisingly well despite the economic recession on Taiwan.
		Third are arms control issues surrounding President Bush's announcement of Washington's impending unilateral withdrawal from the ABM Treaty.
	www.chinaleadershipmonitor.org /20011b/20011TC.html (139 words)

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