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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.
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