Bruce J. Dickson and Chien-min Chao, editors. Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy in Taiwan's Politics: Democratic Consolidation and External Relations.(Book Review)

China Review International | March 22, 2003| | Copyright

Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2002. xi, 300 pp. Paperback $25.95, ISBN 0-7656-1064-7.

During the 1990s, the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) became increasingly prominent in world politics for two very different reasons. First, the ROC's rapid and peaceful democratization caused it to become much more positively perceived throughout the developed and democratized world. Second, the periodic eruptions of international crises concerning the claim of sovereignty by the People's Republic of China (PRC) over Taiwan brought forth fears both that the safety of Taiwan's ...

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