Taipei - Taiwan candidates pulled out all the stops on the eve of general elections that are expected to strip the Nationalist Party of its parliamentary majority for the first time. As the island began the final countdown to the elections, weeping families of some candidates went down on their knees to beg for votes at campaign rallies. President Chen Shui-bian burned incense at a temple to pray for peace with China.
Today's elections are expected to lead to a deepening crisis for the Nationalists.