In Taiwan--Obama rocks

I am a little surprise to see the posters of a book about Obama in Taiwan's bookstores. Almost every big bookstore has these posters catching people's attention. The title is ''Obama： The first black President of America？'' The content of this book (written by a Taiwanese) is like a combination of the summary of Obama's memoirs and the brief account of the 2008 Presidencial Election. It's like an introduction of Obama to all the Chinese who are not familiar with him.

What you can't see is often more important than what you can see. In Taiwan's bookstores, what one seldom see is the books of Hillary Clinton and John MacCain. I can't help to think that the whole world is expecting Obama to be the next President of America. Obama, thus, become a symbol of progress and a representation that ability, not skin color, is what we value most in the 21st century. He might be the inspiration of people all around the world, not just America. Had MacCain or Clinton become the next President, I wonder they can achieve the same impact on people.