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今天下午陈水扁吕秀莲在台南拜票时遭到枪击,据报道陈水扁目前在医院接收治疗,子弹已取出,无生命危险,据台湾政府官员称大选不会推迟。\r<br>
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<br>Taiwan's president shot while campaigning
<br>Vice president also injured, official says
<br>Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian in Taipei last February.
<br>The Associated Press
<br>Updated: 2:39 a.m. ET March 19, 2004TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot Friday and both injured while campaigning on the last day before the presidential election, a Presidential Office official said.
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<br>"He and the vice president were shot," the official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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<br>"Both the president and vice president were injured," said the official, who declined to provide more details.
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<br>But CTI cable news quoted unidentified police officials as saying the president was injured by celebratory fireworks while campaigning in the southern city of Tainan.
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<br>Lawmaker Wang Hsing-nan told TVBS cable news that he was certain the president was shot because he saw the wound in the hospital and it was serious.
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<br>"The president suffered a deep wound about three centimeters (1.2 inches) deep in the stomach," Wang told TVBS.
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<br>Wang said he was traveling in a car behind Chen's convertible four-wheel-drive vehicle.
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<br>The Presidential Office told The Associated Press that it did not have enough information to discuss the incident. Officials said that a news conference would be held later Friday.
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<br>Walked into hospital
<br>An unidentified party official who was traveling with the president said he saw Chen walk into the emergency room with Vice President Annette Lu who also appeared to be hurt.
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<br>The party official said he wasn't sure how Chen was injured.
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<br>"I'm not a doctor. I can't tell if the wound was caused by a bullet or firecrackers," the official said.
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<br>Saturday's election pits Chen against opposition leader Lien Chan, who's promising to take a softer approach with the island's biggest rival: China.
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<br>China is traditionally a hot topic in major Taiwanese elections. The two sides split when the Communists took over the mainland in 1949, and Beijing is pressuring Taiwan to unify.
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<br>Lien and Chen agree on most of the basic issues involving China policy. Neither candidate favors immediate unification, and both are highly distrustful of the Communist leadership.
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<br>However, Chen has been more aggressive in pushing for a Taiwanese identity separate from China's, and this has raised tensions with Beijing. China has threatened to attack if Taiwan seeks a permanent split.
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<br>Chen also planned an unprecedented islandwide referendum on the day of the election.
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<br>Voters will be asked whether Taiwan should beef up its defenses to protect against hundreds of Chinese missiles pointed at the island.
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<br>China, which claims Taiwan is part of its territory and insists the two should be unified, fears the referendum could lead to a future vote on Taiwanese independence. |
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