One other notable thing about Ma’s win was that the first and probably only person to congratulate Ma on his victory was that other champion of free and fair elections, Big Red Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), who exchanged congratulatory love letters with Ma.
You see, Hu couldn’t help but think Taiwan was making electoral progress, so he let Ma know that he was expecting more of the same in 2012.
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