2004 錦標賽
Tug of War, 2004

Tug-of-War-- On the pan-blue side: KMT's presidential candidate, Fugitive Tycoon Chen Yu-Hao, Most-wanted Fugitive (White-collar criminal and the so-called "black-gold" or "golden calf"), and China; On the pan-green side: DDP's candidate and running mate, and former president Lee.

It can be said that the March 20 presidential election in Taiwan has become a fight between China and President Chen. China has tried to isolate Chen personally and shunned his government since it took office in 2000 because China sees Chen as a pro-independence figure. In recent months, China has stepped up its efforts to influence Taiwan's upcoming election. Besides blocking Taiwan's attempt to enter WHO and its intense international campaign in attacking Chen's proposed historical referendum as being provocative and dangerous, China has recently announced capture of alleged Taiwanese spies and paraded them on television, claiming it was able to break the spy ring because Chen himself had publicly disclosed that China has 496 missiles pointed at Taiwan.
More recently a Taiwanese fugitive tycoon in China, Chen Yu-Hao, who defaulted on large amount of bank loans in Taiwan to invest heavily in China, faxed letters to a Nationalist Party (KMT) controlled newspaper and to other pro-unification papers, to allege illegal political donations to Chen, although it turned out that he had donated much more to KMT simultaneously. It is widely suspected that China is behind the maneuver. Chen's opponent in the election, KMT's Lien, whom China favors because of his long standing reunification policy, has been echoing most of these of China's criticisms. Also, China has allowed KMT to openly campaign for Lien among Taiwanese businessmen in China. If Lien wins the election, he will indeed owe China greatly.