Small beginnings
A SMALL election in Taiwan on March 14th just might have big consequences. Voters were asked to select a new head of government for north-western Taoyuan county, a heavily industrialized area of 1.2m people that also contains the island's main international airport. The winner was Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is the major opposition party at the national level and is traditionally associated with the cause of Taiwanese independence.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Small beginnings”
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