|
Wikipedia search result (1719 words) |
 | Chen softened the party's stance on independence to appeal to moderate voters and appease the United States and placate China and promised not to change the ROC state symbols or declare formal independence as long as the People's Republic of China did not attack Taiwan. |
 | The first years of the DPP as the ruling party gave rise to questions on whether the DPP as a self-styled Taiwanese nationalist party was adequately sensitive to the ethnographic character of Taiwanese society, which in addition to arrivals from different eras and different regions of mainland China, also includes aboriginal minorities. |
 | The party is composed of a number of factions such as the New Tide faction, the Formosa faction, the Justice Alliance faction and Welfare State Alliance faction. |
| Asia Society: Publications - Taiwan Elections (9679 words) |
 | This reflected its skill at managing the democratic transition, the credit that the populace gave it for TaiwanÂ’s impressive record of economic growth (from a GNP per capita of $100 in 1950 to almost $14,000 in 2000), and the flexibility and pragmatism of the party in coopting the oppositionÂ’s stands on popular issues. |
 | The New Party nominated political gadfly Li Ao in a move that was widely interpreted as preserving the partyÂ’s face by having a presidential candidate, while posing the least threat to siphon votes away from James Soong. |
 | After Lee Teng-hui became president and party chairman, politics within the KMT shifted considerably to a struggle between Lee and his followers (who came to be called the Mainstream faction) and a group of opponents (the Anti-Mainstream faction) composed primarily of older Mainlanders in the government, party, and military. |