<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> holds its first full local elections; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Soong" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Soong">James Soong</a> elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Province" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan Province">Taiwan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a> became the first directly elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Taipei" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor of Taipei">Mayor</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Den-yih" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wu Den-yih">Wu Den-yih</a> became the first directly elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kaohsiung" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor of Kaohsiung">Mayor</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a>.