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Article: Taiwan's President Chen wins election; Lien protests.
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- Manila Bulletin
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- March 21, 2004
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP,Reuters) - Taiwans ruling party claimed President Chen Shui-bian won a tight election yesterday, a day after he survived an assassination attempt, boosted by a historic referendum about rival Chinas military threat that energized his supporters but rankled Beijing.
President Chen won re-election by the narrowest margin in the islands history, just 50,000 votes, a senior official in Chens Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said, according to Reuters.
We won. Its by about 50,000 votes, said the senior party source, who declined to be identified.
An unofficial vote count showed that Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian won Saturdays ...