Taiwan's New President

Ma Ying-jeou, the newly elected president of Taiwan , has warned Beijing not to "squeeze" the island government. Ma won in a landslide election in March on a pro-Beijing platform. Ma wants to improve economic relations between Taiwan and mainland China. He wants to have charter flights for tourists between the two locations. He has stated that there are hundreds of things that need to be repaired between the two countries to create a more hospitable environment.

Ma does not want to move Taiwan independence to the forefront of the discussion, but has made it known that Taiwan will not be annexed by the mainland. One of Ma's major points of dialouge is to sign a peace treaty with China to remove the pressures of China's large missile establishments aimed at Taiwan. Ma believes that since Taiwan is democratic and prosperous, China should handle Taiwan differently than Hong Kong and Tibet.