President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was described by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official Lai I-chung (賴怡忠) at a recent press briefing as far and away the party's best campaigner.

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By LIN CHO-SHUI 林濁水
Chinese president Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) has said that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait share a common fate. Despite Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) almost conciliatory statement that there is a "one China" framework in Taiwan's Constitution and the pan-blue camp's position that peace negotiations must be predicated on an acceptance of the "one China" principle, the prospects of a peace agreement between China and Taiwan are slim.

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By Lee Chun-yi 李俊俋
There has been a lot of talk about whether the ballots for the upcoming referendums on joining the UN should be issued simultaneously with those for the presidential election. The Central Election Committee (CEC) recently held a meeting to decide the issue, but because of opposition by some pro-blue committee members, it did not reach a final decision.

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By Li To-tzu 李拓梓
Around the time of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 15th National Congress in 1997, an unusual atmosphere arose within China. This had to do with the intensifying the policy of "reform and opening," and promoting the benefits of globalization.

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