Constitutional Reform and the Future of the Republic of China

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Harvey Feldman, Columbia University. Taiwan Area Studies Program
M.E. Sharpe, 1991 - Business & Economics - 173 pages
The conference that forms the basis for this book was held in Taipei in 1989. With contributions by political figures from both the Kuomintang and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, as well as leading scholars from Taiwan and the US, this book discusses the critical issues affecting the future of Taiwan. The book discusses Taiwan's economic achievements, its pathbreaking experiments with political reform, its unique patterns of political participation, its example as a fully modernized Chinese cultural community, its importance in the world trading system, and its key role in Pacific Basin international relations. It also discusses how these factors have made Taiwan a focus of interest for students of economic development, comparative politics and international relations.
 

Contents

The Constitutional Conundrum and the Need for Reform
iii
Its Meaning and Results
6
US Policy in a Time of Rapid Political Change on Taiwan
32
The Economic World of the 1990s and Taiwans Place in It
92
Taiwans Role in the International Community of the 1990s
111
What If?
138
Index
153
Studies of the East Asian Institute Columbia University
158
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Page xiii - Chang is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.