TAIPEI — For all the divisions that define Taiwan politics, parties on both ends of the political spectrum agree on one thing: The island is in trouble. At that point, however, they part ways.
The government of President Chen Shui-bian and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) believe that Taiwan's biggest problem is the implacable hostility of China and Taipei's feckless friends who do Beijing's bidding.
For the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), the problem is Chen and his reckless pursuit of independence.