Taiwan and Mainland: a comparison on democratization. (Democracy in Taiwan, part 2) From: World Affairs | Date: December 22, 1993| Author: Lin, Chong-Pin; Chan, Man-Jung Mignon | COPYRIGHT 1993 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Taiwanese Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party have very similar philosophies and attitudes toward democratization and yet Taiwan has advanced significantly toward democracy while China is falling behind. Taiwan introduced political reform only after most social and economic reforms were in place, made the change to democratization slowly and joined traditional authoritarianism with liberalization and a budding market economy. China is significantly behind Taiwan in development, con...