sighing one will become the most
powerful woman in the Chinese world on
Friday when she is inaugurated as
Taiwan's new president but her honeymoon
will be short as she faces three big
challenges the Taiwanese economy is in
recession hit by the slowdown in China
its biggest export market sighs
Democratic Progressive Party wants to
boost growth by promoting investment and
trade with other countries beyond China
her chances of success depend on
challenge number two although Taiwan is
a self-governing democracy Beijing
claims the island as one of its
provinces China's leaders a deeply
hostile to sign her party because of
their desire to push Taiwan toward
independence since sighs election
victory in January Beijing has already
fired warning shots curbing the number
of tourists and restarting a battle with
type a diplomatic allies sigh must walk
a tightrope between Beijing suspicions
and the hopes of her supporters they are
proud of their separate Taiwanese
heritage and upset with what they
perceive as Beijing's bullying