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...deepest conflict between the U.S. and Japan, though, was over the future of China, which had been in turmoil ever since the collapse of the Manchu Empire in 1911. Though Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek claimed that his Canton- based Kuomintang represented the entire republic, local warlords ruled much of the country, notably the huge northern territory of Manchuria. The Japanese, who had blocked a number of Russian incursions into Manchuria, were moving in to gain control of the region's plentiful coal and iron, which Japan sorely lacked...
There was never a chance that Taiwan's long-ruling Kuomintang would be defeated in national elections earlier this month. The suspense centered on whether the Democratic Progressive Party, in its maiden contest as a legal opposition, would even dent the KMT's armor. The results, announced last week, surprised many observers. D.P.P. candidates won 21 out of 101 available seats in the Legislative Yuan, enabling the party for the first time to sponsor new bills...
...President Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was gingerly steering Taiwan toward democratic reforms and modestly improved relations with the People's Republic. The momentum slowed, however, under his successor, Lee Teng-hui, who hesitated to move boldly before becoming chairman of the ruling Kuomintang, or Nationalist Party. Last week the 13th Party Congress bestowed that title on President Lee, 65, thus giving him the mandate to push for change...
...first native Taiwanese to head the Kuomintang, is expected to reduce government intervention in the economy and continue an expansion of civil liberties in the wake of last year's end to martial law. Taiwan relaxed a ban on travel to the mainland last year, but other major initiatives toward Beijing seem unlikely. Lee last week vowed to "make no compromise of any kind" with Beijing...
...Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell in 1968. Lee joined the Cabinet as a Minister Without Portfolio in 1972 and later served as Taipei mayor and Taiwan province governor. The new President has no political base, however, and may wind up effectively sharing power with Premier Yu and Kuomintang Secretary-General Lee Huan for the remainder of his term, which runs until 1990. Despite his homegrown roots, Chiang's successor is no advocate of declaring a permanently independent Taiwan, a step Beijing has warned would provoke it to military action...