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- Today, the Chen years (2000-2008) are remembered mostly for relentless partisan fighting over cross-Strait relations and national identity questions, prolonged political gridlock, and damaging corruption scandals—as an era that challenged, rather than helped consolidate, Taiwan’s young democracy and squandered most of the promise with which it began.
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Jan 10, 2024 · Chen is among the many millions - the majority of the island - whose families emigrated from China. They largely came from Fujian in several waves starting in the early 1600s.
Getty Images. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control - and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island. But Taiwan sees...
Oct 14, 2024 · Then in 2000, Taiwan elected Chen Shui-bian as president, much to Beijing's alarm. Chen and his party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had openly backed Taiwan "independence".
Feb 28, 2022 · The bystander’s death sparked protests which evolved into sometimes violent riots, with demonstrators expanding their complaints to include growing inflation, corruption and conflicts between...
Oct 29, 2018 · The 228 Incident, spoken of only in whispers during the martial law period, was a violent island-wide suppression of uprisings against KMT maladministration ordered by then Governor-General Chen...
Jun 22, 2016 · When Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's first non-Kuomintang president, left office in 2008, his tenure was widely considered a disappointment. More recent events, however, suggest the need for a reassessment of this crucial period in Taiwan's political development.
Jan 14, 2024 · In response to the election, a spokesman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Chen Binhua, latched onto the minority government result, claiming that was evidence the DPP doesn't "represent the mainstream public opinion on the island". None of the major parties accept China's claim on Taiwan, and all support maintaining the status quo.
