A change of regime in Taipei could affect relationships in the region.
IN a way, this has happened before. The usually all-powerful Kuomintang suddenly finds its voter base split by a third party candidate and this allows the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to win the Presidential vote. That’s how Chen Shui-Bian won the 2000 presidential election, with ex-Kuomintang man James Soong coming in second, ahead of the “official” candidate Lien Chan.
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