The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 57
OCCUPATION: President-elect of Taiwan
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: After outgoing President Chen Shui-bian's two scandal-ridden terms, Ma — a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Mayor of Taipei — is offering new hope to the Taiwanese people, particularly in the form of closer ties to economically booming China.
CON: Hardly scandal-free himself, the Nationalist politician was forced to resign from his post in 2007 after being indicted on charges of misusing mayoral funds, and is immediately being thrust into a testy situation with the mainland.
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