The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution
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The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution

From Authoritarianism to Open Democracy

  1. 717 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution

From Authoritarianism to Open Democracy

About this book

James Soong, a key party and government official, presents his remembrances, as well as many documents and photographs, in this record of the years 1988 to 1993. Chronicling Taiwan's successful transition from authoritarianism is open democracy, this book on the quiet revolution is a unique English-language source from an insider's perspective.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Notes to This Edition
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface
  8. Note to the Reader: The Principles and Conditions that Made Taiwan’s Democratization Possible
  9. 1. The Driving Force behind Chiang Ching-Kuo’s Decision to Democratize Taiwan
  10. 2. A Goal Kicked In: Lee Teng-Hui Becomes Acting Party Chair
  11. 3. The 13th National Congress of the Kuomintang: A Shift in the Lees’ Relations
  12. 4. Becoming Secretary-General of the Kuomintang
  13. 5. The 1989 Year-End Elections and the Beginning of My Delicate Relationship with John Kuan
  14. 6. A Second Goal Kicked In: The February Political Disputes, from Beginning to End
  15. 7. The National Affairs Conference
  16. 8. Hau Pei-Tsun Forms a Cabinet
  17. 9. Factional Fighting within the Kuomintang
  18. 10. The DPP and the April 17 Protest
  19. 11. Revision of Article 100 of the Criminal Code and the Taiwan Independence Provision
  20. 12. The DPP Joins the National Unification Council
  21. 13. The “One Institution, Two Phases” Approach to Constitutional Reform
  22. 14. The 2nd Legislative Yuan Is Voted in and the Provincial Government Is Frozen Out
  23. 15. Party Diplomacy
  24. 16. In Conclusion: Political Integration through Centripetal or Centrifugal Force
  25. Bibliography

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