
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-Chang commented in Taipei on March 12 about differences between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and opposition Nationalist Party, the outlook for the country's presidential election next year and relations with China. Su, who hopes to win the presidential nomination of the ruling party for the 2008 election, said his party opposed dictatorship, championed democracy and defended Taiwan's sovereignty. (This is an excerpt and translation of Su's remarks in Mandarin. Source: Bloomberg)
