And on December 12th its former leader, Chen Shui-bian (who was Taiwan's president from 2000 until Mr Ma took over), was charged in connection with corruption scandals affecting himself and his family.In spite of the complexities of cross-strait transport, China has emerged in recent years as Taiwan's largest trading partner and Taiwan as one of China's biggest investors.
Murray said he was unsure how the early exit would affect himself and Djokovic at London.
Thus, when Machin activates it, it only affects himself.
"He doesn't seem to understand other people's suffering because he has a hard time relating to anything that doesn't affect himself," he said.
It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.
This outlook appears to have affected Martin himself.
The "ruthlessness" of politics may have affected Morrison himself, having quit the Labour Party in 2013 following a row with Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger.
That decision might not have affected Lara himself greatly, but the message it sent the rest of the squad was significant.
He adds that "of course" this is affected by himself recently becoming a father, as well as Feng, and it turns out Hong is planning to start his own family soon too.
This was a crucial distinction several track athletes made between Makhloufi and the expelled badminton players from South Korea, China and Indonesia: Makhloufi's withdrawal from the 800 affected only himself, not other competitors, as badminton did.
