This Saturday, Taiwan will choose its 3rd democratically-elected President.  There are a lot of issues to be considered, but let's face it:  it is all about China.  

Being an American living in Taiwan and having recently visited Beijing, and with the current situation in Tibet, I thought I'd babble a bit about politics in Taiwan, China, and the upcoming election, if for no other reason than to say, "Hey!  Daily Kos!  Look over here!" for a moment before scrolling into oblivion.  

I don't want to vote in my Primary with my heart or my gut; I'd like to vote with my head.  I'm undecided, and while many may find that hard to believe, I find it hard to believe that so many people are so fiercely decided.

When I can’t make a decision, sometimes I get out Excel, put the choices across the top row, create a bunch of criteria down the left hand column, weight each criteria, create a little formula across the bottom to sum the total weighted scores, and then start entering numbers on a scale of 1-10 for each choice's alignment to each criteria.  (Yes, I actually do this... Doesn't everybody?)

Fortunately I saved myself some time by boiling my criteria down to three simple questions, and asking myself a fourth question to come up with the weights.