TAIWAN POLITICS*

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
American Declaration of Independence
In mid-1980, anyone entering “Free China” (Taiwan) for the first time would have immediately noticed that all apartments had bars on their windows. It might have been free, but it was a strange sort of freedom.
Less than …

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