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Article: Democracy thrives amid China's war games
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1996
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TERESA POOLE
Penghu
Even when the People's Liberation Army of China is doing its
best to undermine the leading candidate's campaign, the democratic
process in Taiwan still has its more routine aspects. Thus it was
yesterday, when President Lee Teng-hui could be found reopening a
renovated bridge, inspecting a temple, and addressing a town hall
full of fishing folk on Penghu, a group of islands about 50km off
Taiwan's western coast.
The toddlers were waving flags, elderly people were having
orchids pinned to their chests, and the lion-dancers were roaring.
But while all this was going on, about 70km out at sea to the
south-west, China had embarked on another day of live-fire war
games. The ...