| Just came back from Taiwan, It is quite an experience before the election. Bob had pretty good summarization of the two parties. Here are some additional observations: 1. Most people I met are very emotional and sincere about their own choice. 2. Most of the TV commercial and Talk show will be classified (in U.S) as negative campaign on steroid. 3. Even the poll shows very close race, it seems that nobody believes that. The conspiracy theory is very popular over there. It is easy to make fun of almost “circus?like atmosphere in Taiwan, however, I think it is part of the growing pain to becoming democratic society both culturally and politically. At the end of day, the people did make the choice and every vote did count. |
March 20 Taiwan Election