Taiwan: Presidential & Legislative Elections, 2004

See also the pages for political and social issues in Taiwan and for cross-strait relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan.

News & Information	Taiwan Perspectives	Mainland Chinese Perspectives
	International Perspectives

News & Information
The 6th Legislative Yuan Election	(in Chinese) From the Executive Yuan: latest news for the 2004 legislature election; information on candidates, the electoral system, & past elections; live ballot count
2004 Taiwan Elections	An AsiaTODAY special report (Mar. 22, 2004): post-election analysis; background & commentary; news reports; reference; news sources
Chen Survives Again	The Economist Global Agenda (May 21, 2004), with related items
Muzi.com: Taiwan Election 2004	(in Chinese & English) News & photo galleries
Pyrrhic Victory?	Newsweek International story on post-election prospects for Chen Shui-bian (Mar. 29, 2004)
Q&A: Taiwan Election	From the Council on Foreign Relations (March 18, 2004; free registration with New York Times required)
Q&A: Taiwan Election Dispute	From BBC News, with background information & links to related news stories (July 8, 2004)
Q&A: Taiwan's Presidential Election	From BBC News, with key stories & related information & links
The Republic of China Taiwan Presidential Election 2004	Results & information compiled by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Select Committee: Investigation of Shooting Incident Of President Chen Shui-bian & Vice-President Annette Lu	(in Chinese) Legal basis; important announcements; important commentary; news; reports
Taiwan Election - Wild Finish	Time Asia cover story with related news (Mar. 29, 2004)
Taiwan Election 2004	Results from Yahoo! News Search, with news images
Taiwan Election and Referendum, 2004	News, commentary & links compiled by UCLA Asia Institute's AsiaMedia
Taiwan Elections 2004	Panel discussion sponsored by Asia Society & Brookings Institution's Center for Strategic and International Studies (Feb. 23, 2004; PDF version)
Taiwan Electoral Battle	(in Chinese) Ming Pao's special report
Taiwan 2004 Legislative Yuan Election	Government Information Office's compendium of information on the Dec. 2004 legislature election, including graphs, tables & maps, ballot counting live, photo gallery, & previous legislative elections
Taiwan's Political Crisis	BBC Chinese.com's coverage of the crisis brought by the election of Chen Shui-bian (Apr. 12, 2004)
tealit.com Election Report	From Teaching English and Living in Taiwan, with news updates
Wikipedia: 3-19 Shooting Incident	On the political controversies over the apparent assassination attempt on the presidential & vice-presidential candidates of the Progressive Democratic Party the day before the 2004 election

Taiwan Perspectives
Decision 2004	(in Chinese) A China Times special report
Democratic Progressive Party: News Center	(in Chinese) Announcements & commentary by the party of President Chen Shui-bian
Interview: Chen Shui-bian	On the 2004 election/referendum, cross-straits relations, & democracy in Taiwan (BBC News, Mar. 30, 2004)
Kuomintang: Latest News	(in Chinese) Announcements & commentary by the party of presidential candidate Lien Chan
People First Party: Latest News	(in Chinese) Announcements & commentary by the party of vice-presidential candidate James Soong
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian	Transcript of Washington Post interview (Mar. 29, 2004)
Tensions in Taiwan	Interviews with Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-hsin, Tang Nuo, & Hsia Chu-joe on the Alliance for Ethnic Equality, set up to "to warn against electoral manipulation of ethnic issues by" the Progressive Democratic Party & the Kuomintang (New Left Review, July-Aug/ 2004)
What Taiwan Wants	Time Asia's report on mounting nationalism in Taiwan (Mar. 8, 2004)
Year 2004 Presidential Elections in Taiwan	Views of pro-independence New Taiwan, Ilha Formosa

Mainland Chinese Perspectives
2004 Taiwan Elections	(in Chinese) People's Daily's compilation of news, analyses, commentary, & background information
Beijing Seeks Washington's Help in Taiwan Election	Commentary by Willy Wo-lap Lam (China Briefing, Feb. 4, 2004)
China Daily: Taiwan Issue	Perspectives from the People's Republic of China
China Silent on Taiwan Election	Robert Marquand's story on Chinese reactions to the Taiwan presidential election, with chronology of history of Taiwan & related links (Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 24, 2004)
Devil May Care: Taiwan's Elections, Seen from the Mainland	Report in The Economist (Mar. 18, 2004)
Taiwan Issue	China Daily special coverage: news; backgrounder; links
Taiwan 'Election', an Election Tearing People Apart	A People's Daily editorial (April 02, 2004)

International Perspectives
Chen Shui-Bian After the Election: Lame Duck or Phoenix?	Commentary by Willy Lam (China Brief, Apr. 1, 2004)
Cross-Strait Relations in Taiwan's Presidential Elections	Commentary by Willy Lam (China Brief, Mar. 19, 2004)
'It is Vital that Calm Heads Prevail'	The Guardian's compilation of commentary on the Taiwan election in the Asian press (Mar. 23, 2004)
Rising Chinese Nationalism Over the Taiwan Question	Commentary by Eric Teo Chu Cheow (China Brief, Apr. 15, 2004)
Shifting Balance of Power in the Taiwan Strait	Commentary by Bernard D. Cole (China Brief, Apr. 1, 2004)
Stand-Off in Taiwan	Perry Anderson's commentary on Taiwan's presidential election of 2004 (London Review of Books, June 3, 2004)
Taiwan: Recounts, Fights, Shredded Democracy	Laurence Eyton's commentary in Asia Times (Mar. 24, 2004)
Taipei Two-Step - Taiwan's Presidential Election is Positively Floridian.	Ed Finn's compilation of opinions expressed by the international press (Slate, Mar. 25, 2004)
Taiwan Polls: Off the Streets, Into the Courts	Laurence Eyton's commentary in Asia Times (Apr. 2, 2004)
Taiwan's Challenge to China and the World Part I: Taiwan's Democratic Exercise Provokes Muscle Flexing in Beijing and Keeps Western Defense Industries in Business Part II: A ‘Greater Chinese Union' Offers Best Political Solution	Part I: Analysis of the 2004 referendum & presidential election in Taiwan by Jean-Pierre Cabestan of the French National Center for Scientific Research (YaleGlobal, 12 March 2004); Part II: Essay on cross-strait relations by Linda Jakobson, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (YaleGlobal, 15 March 2004)
Taiwan's Chen a Lame Duck	Laurence Eyton's commentary on the surprising upset defeat of the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2004 legislative elections (Asia Times, Dec. 14. 2004)
Taiwan's Election Upset: Now What?	Ralph Cossa's commentary on the suprising win of the pan-blue coalition in Taiwan's 2004 legislative election (Taipei Times, Dec. 15, 2004)
Taiwan's Interesting Times	Andrew Papadimos on the issues of the 2004 presidential election campaign & how the election result will impact Taiwan's foreign policy (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format)
Taiwan's 'Post-Election Stress Syndrome'	Laurence Eyton on the political and psychological malaise in Taiwan after the bitterly contested presidential election in March 2004 (Asia Times, Dec. 1, 2004)
A Test for Taiwan's Democracy	Japan Times editorial (Mar. 30, 2004)
Trouble in Taiwan	Michael D. Swaine's commentary in Foreign Affairs (Mar./Apr. 2004)
Upsetting But Powerful Logic Behind Outbreak of War Over Taiwan	Tom Plate's commentary on the prospects of a Chinese military attack on Taiwan following the 2004 electoral victory of Chen Shui-bian (Korea Times, 03-30-2004)
'Wholesale' Disaster for Taiwan's DPP	John J. Tkacik Jr.'s commentary on the 2004 legislative elections & Taiwan politics (Asia Times, Dec. 15, 2004)
The Election in Taiwan: A Forum	Analysis of the 2004 presidential election by Richard Baum, Stanley Rosen & James Tong; links to views and information on the 2004 election (UCLA Asia Institute, Mar. 26, 2004)

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