Word: hui
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...become one of East Asia's "economic miracles," with a per capita GNP today of $12,500. Even that transformation, though, is less startling than Taiwan's political revolution, culminating last Saturday in the presidential election. Voters ignored missile rattling from the mainland and gave current President Lee Teng-hui a strong mandate. He won 54% of the vote, more than twice that of his nearest rival. It was the first time the people of Taiwan had directly elected their leader--indeed, it was the first time a head of state had been popularly elected in the 4,000 years...
...test case for America's China policy is Taiwan. On March 23, it will hold a presidential vote--the first time in the 4,000 years of Chinese history that a leader will be chosen in a free election. The winner is likely to be Lee Teng-hui, the current President, who has infuriated Beijing by seeking greater international recognition for Taiwan. Beijing insists that the island is part of China and eventually it will be reintegrated. Lee, at least officially, accepts the objective of reunification, although Beijing and his political opponents at home have been questioning his sincerity...
...pledged to a one-China policy, but Beijing has come to suspect that Washington is backing away from it. When the U.S. granted Lee Teng-hui a visa last year for a private visit to his alma mater, Cornell University, Beijing was irate. Hard-liners and moderates in the leadership may disagree on any number of questions, but they are of one mind when it comes to sovereignty over Taiwan; there is no room for compromise. "No leader in Beijing," says Ralph Cossa, executive director of Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu think tank, "could survive if he lost Taiwan." Beijing...
TAIPEI: In the wake of President Lee Teng-hui's convincing win in Saturday's elections, Taiwan announced a plan today to ease its 47 year-old ban on direct trade with China. Taiwan Economic Minister Chiang Pin-kung will submit the proposal to the Taiwanese legislature sometime in June. China and Taiwan had been conducting low-level talks on economic cooperation last summer when China suspended them after Lee visited the United States -- a move Beijing viewed as a play towards seeking international recognition of Taiwan as a nation. Lee said he wants to seek stability for the island...
...from 39 to 45 as a precautionary measure. Also Wednesday, the Clinton administration approved Taiwan's request to buy Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons. Taiwan's request to buy submarines was turned down. Taiwan's president says he wants to improve relations with Beijing. President Lee Teng-hui also broached the subject of an eventual reunification if China becomes democratic. "We have with goodwill extended both hands to our compatriots on the Chinese mainland," Lee said. "We would like in the future to have China unified, in freedom (and) democracy." China is conducting the war games...