Mar 22nd, 2008 · Taiwan elects a new president, who is promising to strengthen ties with China. Ma Ying-jeou is a graduate of Harvard and former mayor of Taipei. Ma's victory is seen as an opportunity to defuse long-simmering tensions with the Chinese government caused by the outgoing president's pro-independence moves. Anthony Kuhn
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Mar 22nd, 2008 · Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party claimed victory Saturday in the country's presidential elections. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has pledged closer economic ties with mainland China.
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