30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independence

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30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independence

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30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independence from China

Sunflowers and Umbrellas

** 30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independence from China
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Taiwan voters choose independence from China
Sunflowers and Umbrellas


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Generational Dynamics, China, Taiwan, KMT, Kuomintang,
DPP, Democratic Progressive Party, Chiang Kai-shek,
Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement, CSSTA,
Sunflower Student Movement, Hong Kong, Umbrella movement,
Tiananmen Square massacre

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Re: 30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independenc

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John wrote:KMT held an iron grip on power in Taiwan after the war, and that only began to fade in the 1980s with the founding of the DPP.
A Taiwanese friend once explained to me that there were representatives for different parts inside China and since it was not possible to hold new elections in these parts, these representatives held their seats till they died.

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Re: 30-Nov-14 World View -- Taiwan voters choose independenc

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Big smoke, China has made it clear that Taiwan is okay so long as they understand that they - Tiawan - are, and remain a part of China. This clearly upsets that understanding.

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