Dr. John Linantud University of Houston Downtown

Republic of China-Ministry of Foreign Affairs United States Senior Scholar Delegation

July 2013 Special Thanks To Corinna Hu Executive Officer, Political Division TECRO

People’s Republic of China (1949) Population: 1.3 Billion GDP Per Capita: $9,300 FreedomHouse.org Status: Not Free

Beijing

Maps and Figures: CIA World Factbook

21 August 2013

Republic of China (1911, 1949) Population: 24 Million GDP Per Capita: $39,400 FreedomHouse.org Status: Free

Taipei

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Kinmen-Quemoy

People’s Republic of China

Tourist-Heritage Site (Bunker)

Kinmen-Quemoy

Languages Mandarin Chinese (official)

Taiwanese (Min) Hakka dialects

Taipei 101

1996

Founding Presidential Election

Kuomintang (KMT) Wins

2000

Turnover #1

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Wins

2008

Turnover #2

KMT Wins

“We have passed Huntington’s criteria for a democracy” – Speaker Jin-pyng Wang, Legislative Yuan 9 July 2013

Passing the Two-Turnover Test

Kinmen-Quemoy

Maestro Wu

Lungshan Temple, Taipei

TRANSFORMATION

Taipei 101

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Kinmen-Quemoy MAINLAND TOURISTS

Taipei

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