Buat Teddy, this article is interesting: Even so, the referendum may not give it the backing it wants. Under Taiwan's referendum law, the proposal needs more than half the 16.8m eligible voters to cast their ballots and more than half of those who vote to support it.
What? enggak bisa mendapat 25% yes? Sent to you by Leo via Google Reader: The trouble with democracy via Full print edition on 9/6/07 America blunders into Taiwan's electoral politics SELDOM do Taiwan's two big political parties find anything to agree on. But they are at present united in condemning recent American pronouncements on Taiwan. So when George Bush met his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Sydney on September 6th, the Taiwanese were especially concerned at what he might say. At issue is a referendum planned to coincide with presidential elections in Taiwan in March next year. It would seek support for a doomed attempt to join the United Nations as "Taiwan", rather than "the Republic of China", under which name it lost its seat to China in 1971. China--and, it seems, America--regard the referendum as the thin end of a wedge. The fat end would be a Taiwanese declaration of independence from China. ... Things you can do from here: - Visit the original item on Full print edition - Subscribe to Full print edition using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
