Asian powers shift toward freedom

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By Ku Lai ??

Monday, Apr 26, 2004,Page 8

It seems that 2004 so far has been Asia's year of political revolutions, with successive shake-ups in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and even China.

These events are arguably of global significance equal to the 1997 financial crisis and the economic bubble's collapse a decade ago.

After the presidential election drama in Taiwan, South Korea held National Assembly elections on April 15, with 299 seats up for grabs. President Roh Moo-hyun, elected in 2002 on promises to fight corruption, faced obstructive opposition from the media as well as from the two main opposition parties, the Grand National Party (GNP) and the Millenium Democratic Party (MDP).

Last month, Roh was im-peached by these two parties, who jointly held two-thirds of the assembly seats. This resulted in an unexpected backlash of public opinion, with the impeachment opposed by 70 percent of re-spondents to a news media opinion poll. The subsequent elections brought Roh back from the brink of political death and gave a great victory to the Uri Party affiliated with Roh, formerly a small party with 49 assembly seats.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/04/26/2003138173

------------ I wish you guys could hear me sing this song! -----------------

Oh where Oh where is Neil 'Whore' Bush?
Oh where Oh where can he be?
I've looked and looked all over the Corrupt American Land
But I could only find him in D.C. paying a bribe from Hu Jintao

Oh where Oh where is Jackie 'Whore' Chan?
Oh where Oh where can he be?
I've looked and looked all over the Commi Pimp Land
But I could only find him in Bejing taking a bribe from Hu Jintao

Oh where Oh where is Mikie 'Whore' Chinoy
Oh where Oh where can he be?
I've looked and looked all over the Commi Pimp Land
But I could only find him in Bejing taking a bribe from Hu Jintao wife.


I used to really like Jackie until the facts surfaced. Please use your own 'Fair and Balanced' judgement.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic...


Senior DPP figure gets in a tangle over Jackie Chan
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/04/23/2003137723