Hakka Lee versus Hakka Hsu in Taiwan

["Dixie" <Dixie@singnet.com.sg>]

On November 29, 1997, in Taiwan's local elections for 23 county magistrate
and mayoral seats, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) led by President Lee
Tenghui, a Hakka, won less seats than the country's main opposition party,
the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Chairman Hsu Hsinliang, also
a Hakka.
The DPP won 12 seats, KMT 8 and the last 3 seats went to independents.
The defeat by the DPP also led to the resignation of KMT's
Secretary-General, Wu Pohshiung, who took personal responsibility for the
defeat. Wu, incidentally, is also a Hakka.
 

- Dixie