Less provincial: Taiwan. (Pres Lee Teng-hui and his ruling Kuomintang party plan to suspend elections for the provincial assembly and governor and to slowly dissolve Taiwan's provincial government)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 25, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Economist Newspaper Ltd. 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. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

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AFTER ten years negotiating Taiwan's transformation into one of Asia's more robust democracies, President Lee Teng-hui has decided the system of government needs pruning. Yet cuts agreed upon by Mr Lee's ruling Kuomintang and the principal opposition group, the Democratic Progressive Party, at a conference in December-which await the approval of the National Assembly-have renewed suspicions both in Taiwan and China about the sincerity of Mr Lee's oft-expressed commitment to the reunification of Taiwan and the mainland.

The conference decision that has raised eyebrows is ...

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