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Calls for end to nuclear power rise in Taiwan presidential election

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published January 13, 2012.

Voters in Taiwan head to the polls this weekend to elect a president. And amid the issues of jobs and the economy, evolving relations with mainland China and regional stability --- nuclear power has emerged as a central and controversial issue for all three of the candidates in Saturday’s vote. For more, we’re joined by Pei-te Lien. She’s a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara and a native of Taiwan.