First he and his vice president were shot and slightly injured. Then they won re-election by the slimmest of margins: 0.2%. And this morning Chen Shui-bian was sworn in for his second 4-year term.
The big boys in Beijing are pissed–they claim Taiwan’s a renegade Chinese province. Chen Shui-bian and his supporters, on the other hand, view Taiwan as an independent state. China says if Taiwan officially declares indepence, they’ll invade the island.