Taiwan: Pro-China Party Wins in a Landslide

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2008

Taiwan’s pro-China opposition were savouring their landslide election win on Sunday, hoping the momentum will carry over to presidential polls in March and lead to closer ties with the mainland.

The Kuomintang (KMT) party, who insist that better relations with China will help the island’s stuttering economy, crushed the ruling party of President Chen Shui-bian, whose hardline stance on Beijing appeared to turn off voters.

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