TAIWAN: TAIPEI: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES
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(16 Mar 1996) Mandarin/Nat
(16 Mar 1996) Mandarin/Nat
As the presidential race in Taiwan enters its final week, the parties are out drumming up support from every group in the country.
They have to do so against the backdrop of Chinese military exercises.
One set of voters seemingly unaffected by Beijing's moves to influence Taiwanese politics are the aboriginal Taiwanese.
It's a political rally with all the colour of a summer festival.
Aboriginal people from around the island gathered in Taipei on Saturday to dance, chant, eat and listen to local leaders, a week prior to Taiwan's presidential election.
The aborigines have two special seats set aside for them in the legislature and they have been campaigning for more laws addressing their own issues.
This rally was attended by Taipei's mayor, Chen Cheng-hsiung, who is a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party.
His party is pro-independence and generally more liberal than the ruling party.
But aboriginals normally vote for the party of Taiwan's President, Lee Teng-hui.
Analysts estimate that 70 per cent of the aboriginals will cast their vote for Lee next Saturday.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Our aborigines are very much in support of President Lee, because he can bring us - we believe that he can bring us stability."
SUPER CAPTION: Lee Mei Hwa, Aboriginal
While much of the island's focus is on relations with China, aboriginals are more worried about issues concerning land, their culture and maintaining aboriginal names.
The prospect of re-unification with China doesn't seem to draw much reaction either.
The aboriginal Taiwanese say they've put up with the Dutch, the Japanese and the Nationalists, so a Communist master wouldn't upset their adaptable nature.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Of course we have to see how they will rule us, we will have problems, no matter who comes, we will have problems anyway."
SUPER CAPTION: Lu Tian Kwe, Aboriginal Committee member
The aborigines will continue to promote their unique culture, in order to help their next generation to maintain a sense of difference from their Chinese neighbours.
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As the presidential race in Taiwan enters its final week, the parties are out drumming up support from every group in the country.
They have to do so against the backdrop of Chinese military exercises.
One set of voters seemingly unaffected by Beijing's moves to influence Taiwanese politics are the aboriginal Taiwanese.
It's a political rally with all the colour of a summer festival.
Aboriginal people from around the island gathered in Taipei on Saturday to dance, chant, eat and listen to local leaders, a week prior to Taiwan's presidential election.
The aborigines have two special seats set aside for them in the legislature and they have been campaigning for more laws addressing their own issues.
This rally was attended by Taipei's mayor, Chen Cheng-hsiung, who is a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party.
His party is pro-independence and generally more liberal than the ruling party.
But aboriginals normally vote for the party of Taiwan's President, Lee Teng-hui.
Analysts estimate that 70 per cent of the aboriginals will cast their vote for Lee next Saturday.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Our aborigines are very much in support of President Lee, because he can bring us - we believe that he can bring us stability."
SUPER CAPTION: Lee Mei Hwa, Aboriginal
While much of the island's focus is on relations with China, aboriginals are more worried about issues concerning land, their culture and maintaining aboriginal names.
The prospect of re-unification with China doesn't seem to draw much reaction either.
The aboriginal Taiwanese say they've put up with the Dutch, the Japanese and the Nationalists, so a Communist master wouldn't upset their adaptable nature.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
"Of course we have to see how they will rule us, we will have problems, no matter who comes, we will have problems anyway."
SUPER CAPTION: Lu Tian Kwe, Aboriginal Committee member
The aborigines will continue to promote their unique culture, in order to help their next generation to maintain a sense of difference from their Chinese neighbours.
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