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Unchartered Territory; Elections in Taiwan and Hong Kong are testing Beijing's patience for reform on the margins.
Byline: George Wehrfritz, With Alexandra A. Seno in Hong Kong, Sarah Schafer in Beijing and Tim Culpan in Taipei
Friend or foe? When Beijing weighs the contenders in upcoming elections in Taiwan and Hong Kong, telling the difference gets harder by the day. In Taiwan, where voters go to the polls this Saturday to elect their next president, the ostensibly pro-China Kuomintang has spent the last six months distancing itself from the mainland. Swelling demands for political reform in Hong Kong, meanwhile, could turn the territory's legislature against Beijing if--as pollsters now predict--democrats dominate elections next September. Even the pro-Beijing Democratic ...
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