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Taiwan Scores a Disappointing First

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Dec 15, 2008
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Friday was a historic day – the first criminal indictment of a former president of Taiwan or anywhere in the Chinese world, for that matter, and the darkest day in the history of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), virtually guaranteeing the presidency for the Nationalists at the 2012 election.

The special prosecutor charged Chen Shui-bian with money…

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