He's no China doll: presidential challenger favours independence

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Opposition figure Peng Ming-min is running well in the primaries for Taiwan's first presidential election. Once imprisoned for penning a declaration of independence, he has for decades been among the leaders in the island's pro-independence movement, despite more than two decades of exile in Sweden and the US. He only recently joined the eight-year-old Democratic Progressive Party, and has many critics as well as one electoral opponent within the party, but even they concede his presidential presence.

Presidential candidates, Personalities, Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)

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Good guys, bad guys: cabinet changes will be scripted by President Lee

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There is currently much media speculation and rumour about Taiwanese politics, but it is widely accepted that Vincent Siew will replace Lien Chan as premier. However Siew will inherit Lien's cabinet, although a notable change will be the promotion of John Chang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to vice-premier. It is likely that Chang's replacement will be Chen Chien-ren, Vice-Foreign Minister. Provincial Governor James Soong has resigned in protest at constitutional changes.

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Doyen of dissent

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Peng Ming-min and George Chang are prominent among the many pro-independent dissidents who are coming back to Taiwan, after two decades of exile. The Dec 1992 elections may be smoother with the presence of Peng Ming-min, who led the pro-independence opposition in 1970 and George Chang, chairman of World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI).

Dissenters

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