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A fisherman casts a net into a commercial farming pond in Xuejia, southern Taiwan. The fish farmers on the terraced plains above Taiwan's west coast are riding a Chinese boom, thanks to import duties Beijing lowered to win over the island's voters. (Associated Press)
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President Ma Ying-jeou (left) is greeted by supporters at an election rally Thursday in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Mr. Ma is being challenged in Taiwan's presidential election by Tsai Ing-wen (right). Ms. Tsai's party rejects unification with China.
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Illustration: Taiwan balance by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang (40) from Taiwan throws a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington's Jesus Flores is forced at second by Atlanta's Dan Uggla during the fifth inning.
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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang (40) from Taiwan throws a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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U.S. national security officials say the Taiwan arms package is being delayed by senior Obama administration officials, including Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who are seeking to avoid a third rupture in U.S.-China military relations over Taiwan arms sales. (Associated Press)
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Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, introduces the Asus Eee Pad Transformer during its new product media event, Friday, March 25, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer features a 10.1-inch touch screen, tablet with a detachable keyboard dock. It will go on the Taiwanese market at a price of NT$17,999 (US$ 611) for the 16GB model and NT$19,999 (US$ 679) for the 32GB model. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Taiwan director Su Chao-bin, right, receives the Best Director award in the movie "Reign of Assassins" from Hong Kong director Johnny To during the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards presentation in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang of Taiwan goes through a bunt drill during a spring training workout on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in Viera, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Taiwanese singer/actor Jay Chou, left, and Canadian actor Seth Rogen arrive for the premier of their new film "The Green Hornet" in Taipei, Taiwan. Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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An protester, center, scuffles with security outside of the Grand Hotel where delegates of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait gathered to negotiate, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. A senior Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan on Monday to sign an agreement on sharing medical information and cooperating in the development of new drugs, amid rapidly improving ties between the once bitter foes. (AP Photo) TAIWAN OUT
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A girl shows a stack of prize money for the first Confucius Peace Prize awarded to former Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan in Beijing on Thursday. The Chinese group awarded its own version of a peace prize, a move apparently intended to counter the Nobel committee's decision to honor imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo. (Associated Press)
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A man shows the first Confucius Peace Prize awarded to former Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan during a press conference in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. A Chinese group awarded its own version of a peace prize Thursday, a move apparently intended to counter the Nobel committee's decision to honor imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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In this photo relased by China's Xinhua News Agency, some 100 "campus ambassadors of AIDS prevention" pose to form the shapes of red ribbons during an activity in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, a day ahead of the World AIDS Day. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wong Ching-teng)
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Pro-Taiwan activist Huang Hsi-lin (left) waves a flag as he and another activists set off to a group of disputed East China Sea islands -- called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyutai in Chinese -- from the Yehliu fishing port in northeastern Taiwan on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The activists set out to promote Taiwan's claim to the disputed islands at the center of a row between China and Japan, which also claim the islands. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, Chairman Scott Liu of Taiwanese company E Ink Holdings Inc. poses with one of their flexible display panels used in digital readers with the screens used by Apple's iPads in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Four years ago Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink Corporation and Taiwan's Prime View International Co. hooked up to create an e-paper display that now supplies 90 percent of the fast growing e-reader market. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Taiwan's Yani Tseng tees off on the sixteenth hole during the final round of the Women's British Open, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)
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A young Taiwanese man displays his Chinese styled tattoos at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A exhibitor carries an iguana at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Two women take a break outside of the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (Associated Press)
