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Taiwan: Catalyst for Democratic Change in China

August 10, 2006
Fei-Ling Wang
2006: Vol. 5, No. 1, Commentary

Taiwan and China Must Unite in Order for Both Nations to Prosper. (This article first appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on September 19, 2006; reprinted with permission from Fei_Ling Wang) Anticorruption is now a serious political issue and an…

March 20, 2004
John Garver
2004: Vol. 3, No. 2

The Presidential elections on 20 March 2004 were Taiwan’s third direct presidential election. The first in 1996 saw Lee Teng-hui lead the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) to continued rule of the island, but a rule now based on…