Democratization of Taiwan
Taiwan is an island country which is located off the southeast coast of China
between the Taiwan Strait and the Philippine Sea. It has a land area of about 32,000
square kilometers, and claims another 3,700 square kilometers of sea around it, giving it
close to a total of 36,000 square kilometers for itself. The land of Taiwan consists mainly
of mountainous terrain in the east while the west has flat plains which can be compared to
the middle central part of the United States. The country has a population of about 22
million people in which 9.7 million of those people are part of the labor force. Some of
the groups that make up this population include native Taiwanese (which includes Hakka,
the originals of the land), mainland Chinese, and aborigines. Taiwan is one of the major
economic powers of East Asia. Taiwan is a truly capitalistic economy in an area where
“communism” has played a major role in the world over the last 50 years. The GDP has
been growing at a rate of about 8 percent per year over the last few years. Services make
up more than half of Taiwan’s GDP, while industry and agriculture combine to make up
the for the rest of the GDP. Manufacturing is mainly in electronics and machinery, which
are among Taiwan’s major exports. (CIA World Factbook, 2000)
Although Taiwan has been a major economic success, its political situation is still
more remarkable. Within the last 50 years, sweeping changes have embraced the political
arena. It was up until World War II that Taiwan was under the control of Japan, an
arrangement which resulted from the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895. (Rigger 34, 1999)
However in 1945, at the end of the war, Taiwan was given back to Chi...
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Taiwan, Taipei: why does the Chinese Communist Party place so much emphasis on naming the island? To attempt to answer this question, first the origin of the conflict has to be analyzed. Beginning in the 1940’s, the CCP’s victory over the Kuomintang symbolized the beginning of cross-strait issues. However, it wasn’t until 1992 when George Bush Senior decided to announce that the United States would sell D-15 fighter jets to Taiwan. This action caused cross-strait tensions to reach an all time low between Taiwan, China, and the United States.
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southwards. Then the s Over their time, the Japanese also vastly improved the Taiwanese. infrastructure. The. They expanded the 17 largest ports and dredged shallow.
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