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Progress in cross-Strait trade remains shadowed by politics

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July 2008

Frank Ching

Fifteen years ago, when mainland China and Taiwan signed their first agreements, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was beset by fears that the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) would sell out the island’s 23 million residents. The DPP’s solution was to send representatives to Singapore to ensure that only technical matters, not political issues, would be discussed.

Now, after eight years in power, the DPP finds itself in opposition once again, and it still worries about ...

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