Fri, Sep 22, 2006 - Page 8 News List

Editorial: Far from Bangkok, close to Manila

How does one rally people around this abstraction, when the demagogues are running loose in the streets and the president is, in fact, hugely unpopular?

The heartbreaking reality is that few people outside of Taiwan will care if this democracy falls apart. All that will matter is whether it peacefully falls apart.

Is it also true that few Taiwanese will care?

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