Posted on 04/02/2007 5:53:44 AM PDT by zook
As many as 62 percent of university students in Taiwan think former Chairman Ma Ying-jeou of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) will win the 2008 presidential race and 67.5 percent of them oppose dismantling the walls surrounding the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park in Taipei. These are among the major findings of the latest poll of students attending higher learning institutions on the island conducted by the World Leadership Education Foundation in Taiwan and the Leadership Education Society at the National Taiwan University.
Ma currently enjoys a sizable lead over all other presidential hopefuls as shown in most other major public opinion polls.
When asked who they think will win the presidential election next year, 12.7 percent of the students named former Premier Frank Hsieh, trailing almost 50 percent behind Ma.
Hsieh, who formerly served as Kaohsiung mayor, was followed closely by 9.9 percent for incumbent Premier Su Tseng-chang.
Both Hsieh and Su belong to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and they are presently fighting for the party's nomination against Vice President Annette Lu, who has a 4.7 percent supporting rate from the students, and DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, who also formerly served as a premier. Yu's support stood at 2 percent.
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This is China's idea of news and current events.
Get used to it.
No, the China Post is an English language newspaper published in Taiwan. It's not a mainland Chinese paper.
Deliberately missing the point of anothers message is an old deception.
Nice try.
How charmingly “inscrutable”.
If anyone knew what you were talking about, you’d be dangerous.
From which “chop flick” did you lift that line?
Made it up myself, actually. A long time ago. But it wasn’t fair to use it on you. There’s no way you could ever be dangerous to anyone.
LOL, what are you two carrying on about, anyway?
Who knows? He’s upset, I guess, that I posted a news story about Taiwan politics.
Well, I appreciated it. :p
Where’s the Barf Alert?
No need for one. It’s a reputable poll and Ma is very popular in Taipei and even in the south of Taiwan. And, just maybe, people are starting to tire of DPP’s dog and pony show.
Light hearted badinage.
Airy persiflage.
Ersatz cyber-yodeling.
Sjgnifying nothing.
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