http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9769165
On 9/6/07, Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > [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/
