Up today on the program, the President's party is to be scaled back, Apple is investing big in Taiwan, and Taiwan is considered a great place to invest. The Han recall is looking increasingly grim for the incumbent mayor, and more names are floated as his replacement on the KMT side. Finally, the WHO and WHA inclusion saga keeps growing.

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