TAOYUAN (Taiwan): Hundreds of Taiwan businessmen flew home from China yesterday to vote for a new president in weekend elections, hoping to swing a victory for opposition candidate Lien Chan who promises to improve fraught ties with the mainland.
Some 100,000 China-based businessmen are expected to return to cast their ballot in Saturday's polls and the bulk are likely to vote against incumbent Chen Shui-bian amid disappointment that ties with arch-foe Beijing have not improved in his four years in office.
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