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Article: Fear Factor; The island's election is still anybody's race. But for the once-dominant KMT, the stakes couldn't be higher.(the Kuomintang party, Taiwan)
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- Newsweek International
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- March 8, 2004
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Byline: George Wehrfritz and Tim Culpan
The Kuomintang's message in Taiwan's upcoming presidential election is more cautionary than inspirational. A vote for the once-dominant party, dramatically tossed from power just four years ago, is a vote for economic growth, steady-handed governance and improved relations with China--or so goes the pitch. To illustrate the contrast with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's passionate "Taiwan first" message (a not-so-veiled plea for permanent independence from the mainland), KMT strategist Ho Szu-yin cites an old adage about stock markets. "They're driven by greed and fear," he says. "In this election the DPP's demand ...
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