The results of the first elections under the new single-member district, two-vote system grant the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) new legislative powers that should unnerve advocates of Taiwanese democracy.

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By Wang Yeh-lih 王業立
Taiwan's first legislative elections under the new single-member district, two-vote system have produced a revamped legislature, with the number of seats cut by half from 225 to 113. As expected, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) won an absolute majority and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) suffered significant losses.

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When I was told I should prepare for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) winning the presidential election in March, I acknowledged that it was a possibility. I pointed out that once the KMT takes hold of Taiwan, it would use the nation as a lever, trading sovereignty for some opportunity to get into China.

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By Hawang Shiow-duan 黃秀端
Belgium is an ethnically and linguistically diverse nation. Flanders, the more typically prosperous region in northern Belgium, is Dutch speaking, while French is spoken in Wallonia in the southern, less well off, part of the country.

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