Taiwan S 2Nd Democratic Presidential Election Essay — страница 4

two factors: First, the race is so tight that whoever wins will do so by a small margin and will not have a mandate. The new president will thus have to reach a cross-party consensus before dealing with China. Second, the influence of mass sentiment is such that the new president must win the confidence of the people before any negotiations. But meanwhile, the polls say that as many as 80 percent of Taiwan s 22 million people do not want to reunify with China in the foreseeable future, and for obvious reasons. Bibliography 1)Chen-yu Lin, The candidates go head-to-head, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/02/21/print/0000024934 2)Chen Lauren, Little Rest for the Ambitious, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/01/17/print/0000020279 3)Cheng Allen, The Cause of Black Gold,

www.cnn.com/Asianow/asiaweek.ine/2000/0317/nat.4taiwan.kmt.htm1 4)Reyes Alejandro and Cheng Allen, Too Close to Call, www.cnn.com/Asianow/asiaweek.magazine/2000/0317/nat.1taiwan.lede.htm1 5)Chieh-yu Lin, Chen Announces his Seven Points, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/01/31/print/0000022173 6)Ide William & Chieh-yu Lin, Candidates Put Spotlight on Social Welfare, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/03/05/print/0000026638 7)Sen-lun Yu, Candidates Chase After Labor Vote, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/03/01/print/0000026109 8)Yu-Tzu Chiu, Voter for Lien, Avoid War, Campaign Staff Trumpet, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/03/10/print/0000027285 9)Chieh-yu Lin, Change History, Says Chen, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/03/12/print/0000027528 10)Christensen John, Taiwan picks a president with

China in mind, www.cnn.com/specials/2000/t election/stories/overview/index.htm1 11)Cheng Allen, Taiwan s Democracy Factor, www.cnn.com/Asianow/Asianweek/ma ..00/0317/nat.5taiwan.democracy.htm1 12)Hwang Annie, New Taiwan Leader May Improve Ties, dailynes.yahoo.com/h/ap/20m/w1/taiwan.opening.to.china.1.htm1 13)Lin Oliver, Soong Eyes 50-year China Deal, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/01/06/print/0000018467 14)Crook Steven, Five Young People Assess the Presidential Candidates, http://th.gio.gov.tw/p2000/p02.htm 15)Chen Lauren, Soong Hogs China Policy Timelight, www.taipeitimes.com/news/2000/01/03/print/00000180 16)Wu-veh Chang, Candidates Need to Debate Mainland Policy, http://th.gov.tw/p2000/p05.htm 17)Election Photo Gallery, http://th.gio.gov.tw/p2000/man.htm.