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 | Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou delivers a victory speech on the municipal elections at the party's headquarters, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, in Taipei. Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won an overwhelming victory in island-wide municipal elections Saturday, putting it in a strong position to press forward with its China unification agenda ahead of the 2008 presidential poll. click to open  |  | Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou , center, delivers a victory speech on the municipal elections at the party's headquarters as former party chairman Lien Chan, right, and other party officials look on, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, in Taipei. Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won an overwhelming victory in island-wide municipal elections Saturday, putting it in a strong position to press forward with its China unification agenda ahead of the 2008 presidential poll. click to open |  | Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou , center, delivers a victory speech on the municipal elections at the party's headquarters as former party chairman Lien Chan, right, and other party officials look on, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, in Taipei. Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won an overwhelming victory in island-wide municipal elections Saturday, putting it in a strong position to press forward with its China unification agenda ahead of the 2008 presidential poll. click to open |  | Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, center, delivers a victory speech at the party's headquarters as former chairman Lien Chan, second from right, and other party officials look on, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, in Taipei. Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won an overwhelming victory in island-wide municipal elections Saturday, putting it in a strong position to press forward with its China unification agenda ahead of the 2008 presidential poll. click to open |  | Taipei Mayor and Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, right, former chairman Lien Chan, center, and head of the Legislature Wang Jin-pyng, left, beat drums during a campaign rally, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. On Dec. 3, Taiwan will elect new leaders to 23 major cities and counties in polls that are viewed as a test of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's popularity. Success by the ruling DPP could significantly boost its chances at the 2008 presidential elections. click to open |  | Ma Ying-jeou (C), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang or Nationalist Party, joins supporters in a rally in Taipei City November 27, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of people attended rallies across Taiwan on Sunday as campaigning for December 3 local elections, viewed as a mid-term test for President Chen Shui-bian, switched into high gear. click to open |
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