This is a guest post from Asia Editor Zoher Abdoolcarim. The presidency of Taiwan is an underrated yet critical job whose impact extends beyond the shores of the island. Taiwan is regarded by Beijing as a renegade province that must return to the mainland, by force if necessary. Indeed, China has, by some estimates, nearly [...](http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalspin.blogs.time.com&blog=19871253&post=12600&subd=timeglobalspin&ref=&feed=1)
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