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Taiwan President

Individual qualities allow people to become potential leaders; however, it is the circumstances of the time that make the leaders great. The Taiwanese President Chen Shui Bien¡¦s life story is a realistic reflection of this theory. Chen¡¦s assiduous personality enabled him to triumph over hostile circumstances to become the leader of a nation. Yet, Taiwan¡¦s present political and economic conditions have disqualified him as a great leader.
Being born into a yeoman family in Tainan, one of Taiwan¡¦s more under-developed regions, Chen and his family lived on meager resources. Thus, helping with the family farmland was a daily chore of Chen¡¦s throughout his teenage years. Despite the minimal time Chen had left for studying, through diligence and perseverance, Chen received scholarship to attend the top secondary school in Tainan.
Upon receiving a score on the college entrance exam higher than 98% of all other examinees, C...

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