Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou did something unusual last week. With the next presidential election almost two years away, he held a televised debate with the leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, Tsai Ing-wen, thereby giving her status and media exposure that she badly wanted.
It was a daring and high-risk move, but he did it because his support ratings were so low that he was having difficulty in convincing the electorate that a key economic agreement with China that he has been pushing was in Taiwan's interests
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