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 CIS NO: 89-H381-66
 TITLE: Political Trends in Taiwan Since the Death of Chiang Ching-Kuo.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+125 p.
 DATE: May 26, 1988
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 100-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:P75/19
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 90-601254               MC ENTRY NO: 89-9559

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to review recent
 political developments in Taiwan, including various Taiwan Government
 political reforms following the Jan. 1988 death of President and ruling
 Chinese Nationalist Party leader Chiang Ching-kuo.
   Supplementary material (p. 97-125) includes submitted statements and
 correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan political devs review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; TAIWAN (Political devs review); CHIANG, CHING-KUO

 89-H381-66 TESTIMONY NO: 1         May 26, 1988 p. 3-95
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KAU, MICHAEL YING-MAO (Professor, Political Science Department, Brown
        University)
     YANG, MAYSING (President, Taiwanese Association of America; Board
        Member, Formosan Association for Public Affairs)
     STROSSEN, NADINE (Board Member, Asia Watch Committee)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of and trends affecting recent Taiwan
     Government political reform efforts; issues involved in and prospects
     for continued political reform in Taiwan; perspectives on development of
     the opposition movement and political change in Taiwan; questioned
     significance of current reforms, with advocacy of expanded political
     reform in Taiwan.
       Recommendations for additional political reforms, including protection
     for freedom of expression; need for electoral system and election
     procedures revision; views on various political developments in Taiwan.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Taiwan political devs review
 DESCRIPTORS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH; ELECTIONS; POLITICAL PARTIES; TAIWANESE
     ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; FORMOSAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS; ASIA
     WATCH COMMITTEE