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Will DPP's Tsai be next Chen Shui-bian?



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2011-4-27 15:06
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A crucial step to 2012

Taiwan's main opposition party said Wednesday it will nominate the party chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen for next year's general election.


Tsai, 54, won the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP's) primary to secure her candidacy against two senior party members.


Tsai has served as DPP chairwoman since a humiliating defeat in 2008 general election and has since led the party to victory in several regional elections.


A legal scholar-turned-politician, she will run against Ma Ying-jeou of the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang party, who is seeking a second and final four-year term.



Ill omen for cross-strait relationship?


Ties between Beijing and Taiwan were strained while the DPP was in power but have improved markedly since Ma took office in 2008 promoting trade and tourism with the mainland.


Last week, Tsai publicly denied the existence of "1992 Consensus", which is given heavy weight by Beijing and Ma administration as the basis of cross-strait ties. Tsai said that the agreement on "one-China, different interpretations" had been denied by previous Taiwan leaders and Taiwan's chief cross-strait negotiator.


"The concept lacks public support and is too weak to be the foundation of relations across the Taiwan Strait," she said.


In the campaign for party nomination, Tsai repeatedly said that Taiwan should not sacrifice its security for minor benefits from Beijing. Taiwan should shape its relations with Beijing under an "international and regional framework," instead of a bilateral one.


During his three years in office, Ma has lowered tensions across the Taiwan Strait to their lowest point in 60 years by tying Taiwan's high-tech economy closer to mainland's lucrative markets. A partial free trade pact signed last year - the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement - symbolizes the growing links.


Tsai opposed the pact, saying it made Taiwan's 23 million people too dependent on Beijing and paved the way for an erosion of Taiwan's “independence”.


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Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian

The imprisoned former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian betted on Tsai as DPP candidate for 2012 election. Chen now is banged up in Taipei Prison serving 18 years for corruption charges.


Tsai, who has a doctorate from the London School of Economics, began her political career in the late 1990s under former leader Lee Teng-hui as an adviser on Taiwan's Security Council. She subsequently served as Chen's "vice premier".


At present, Ma and Tsai are neck and neck in popularity polls. Neither of them is sure of success in the 2012 general election. Will Taiwan's next leader come from DPP? If elected, will Tsai follow Chen Shui-bian's anti-Beijing policy? Will the warming cross-strait relationship suffer a strong setback after the election?





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