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Ma, a Nationalist KMT candidate, takes over from Chen Shui-bian. In his eight years as president, Chen's pro-independence policies had often led to friction with Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province dating back to a split in 1949. Ma has vowed not to negotiate with Beijing about unification with China.
(Deutsche Welle)
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