“Is A-bian wrong? (Chen is colloquially referred to as A-Bian)”

— Chen Shui-bian

http://www.kmdn.gov.tw/shownews.asp?newsid=26668 http://www7.www.gov.tw/todaytw/2007/relations/ch01/4-1-02-0.html
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