Feelings were magnanimous when President Lee Teng-hui met president-elect Chen Shui-bian on March 30 for the first time since Taiwan's March 18 elections.
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Granted, the sensitivity of the Taiwan question, heightened by the independence-minded presidency there of Chen Shui-bian, is understandable.
Chen Shui-bian took office just 100 days ago, but his presidential honeymoon is already over.
Some polls have Lien Chan trailing both Soong and opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian.
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Taiwan's High Court has rejected an appeal by former President Chen Shui-bian against his corruption conviction.
DPP, incumbent, Chen Shui-bian, continues to irk it by sidling ever closer to formal independence from China.
Under the previous green president, Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's relations with both China and America plumbed new lows.
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No wonder the mainland is upset, particularly since incoming President Chen Shui-bian was once an open advocate of independence.
Opposition candidate Chen Shui-bian canceled a rally to conserve party funds for relief.
Even opposition presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian, once a firebrand pro-independence figure, is beginning to lean towards detente with Beijing.
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Mr Ma's predecessor, Chen Shui-bian, had angered China with moves towards formal independence, and relations had been severely strained.
In May 2000, the Nationalists lost power to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Chen Shui-bian, who became president.
He plunked for Chen Shui-bian in the March 18 election, but he quickly changed his mind about the new president.
This time China is hoping to drive down support for Chen Shui-bian.
His backing now runs around 25%, about even with the third main candidate, former Taipei mayor Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party.
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When President Chen Shui-bian was re-elected in March 2004 he appeared to have performed a miracle, turning a 20% opposition lead into a narrow victory.
Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian was re-elected with a sharply increased vote on March 20th (the opposition are disputing the result, which will do their standing no good at all).
This latest broadside can be judged or, in China's case, misjudged as an effort to frighten away voters from Chen Shui-bian, the candidate of the formally pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party.
No matter what Chen Shui-bian says, Beijing doesn't trust him.
Chen Shui-bian, 62, was the island's president from 2000-2008.
This has been successful in large part because it contrasts with the policies of his predecessor Chen Shui-bian, who fought tooth and nail for Taiwan's acceptance as a regular member of the international community.
This time China is angry with the United States for allowing President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to meet senior American politicians in New York and Houston on his way to and from a visit to Latin America.
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