Great expectations for cross strait relations : Ma Ying-jeou wins presidential elections

Zusammenfassung: In January 2008, Taiwan’s opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) won a two-thirds majority in the elections for the Legislative Yuan, the parliament in Taiwan. On March 22, the candidate of this party, Ma Ying-jeou, was elected president of Taiwan by a margin of almost 20 per cent. There is widespread hope that his inauguration on 20 May 2008 will be the beginning of a phase of improved relations with mainland China. It will not be easy for Ma, however, to fulfil the manifold and often contradictory expectations-of the Taiwanese population, his own party, Beijing and important international partners. He will only be able to make progress in the short run if Beijing is willing to use this window of opportunity for improving cross-Strait relations by reaching out to the new government

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 4 S.
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comments ; 6/2008

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Abstimmung ; Wahl ; Staatsoberhaupt ; Machtwechsel ; Regierungswechsel ; Wirkung ; Auswirkung ; Internationale Politik ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Taiwan ; China

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
• (when): 2008
• Creator: Bersick, Sebastian
• Contributor: Wacker, Gudrun ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024020616303663123942
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:45 PM CET