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<text id=89TT3307>
<title>
Dec. 18, 1989: World Notes:Taiwan
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Dec. 18, 1989 Money Laundering
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 35
World Notes
TAIWAN
Rebuff for the Kuomintang
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<p> 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.
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<p> In the overall vote for both legislative and local races,
the D.P.P. captured 30% of the ballots and independent
candidates took 11%. That left the KMT, despite its control of
the broadcast media and its fat campaign coffers, with a 59%
share, an all-time low. The D.P.P.'s strong showing underscored
growing resentment toward the KMT's 40-year political monopoly
on Taiwan.
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