Voting is now well underway in Taiwan in its Presidential election. Until a couple of days ago, a victory by the incumbent pro-independenec Democratic People's Party looked impossible, but the New York Times reports today that the Chinese crackdown in Tibet has changed the dynamic quite significantly.
The suppression of Tibet protests by Chinese security forces, as well as missteps by the Nationalist Party, which Beijing favors, have nearly erased what had seemed like an insuperable lead for Ma Ying-jeou, the Harvard-educated lawyer who has been the front-runner in the race.
For the record The Hive is still expecting a win by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
