HISTORY OF TAIWAN Kaohsiung Incident opens road to democracy*

When the Kaohsiung Incident occurred in 1979, Taiwan had been on edge since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was awarded the China seat in the United Nations in 1971.


Chen Shui-bian was
Taiwan’s first non-Kuomintang
president in 70 years.
 

Despite the best efforts of Ambassador James Shen, a talented and capable diplomat with a first-rate command of English, the Republic of China (ROC) forfeited the UN seat. In a fit of pique fro…

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