TAIPEI (Reuters) – Thousands of Chinese have flown to Taiwan ahead of the island's presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend, eager — and bemused — to see how democracy works in the land of the old enemy. The China-Taiwan split was one of Asia's historic divisions in the 20th century, along with India-Pakistan and North and South Korea. But while those partitions are still rockfast …
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Taiwan's opposition legislators yesterday panned President Ma Ying-jeou's âone Republic of China, two areasâ statement in his inaugural address. Amid recent domestic tension over...