Political Democratization and Taiwan's Foreign Policy:The Blurring of the ''One-China''Principle
Resource
政治科學論叢, 7, 287-304
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
7
Pages
287-304
Date Issued
1996-06
Date
1996-06
Author(s)
Shiau, C.J.
Abstract
Taiwan's foreign policy was obviously founded by a "one-China" principle in the postwar period. The domestic authoritarian rule of the Nationalist government was also showing the same case when the "one-China" principle was embodied in the Temporary Provision for the Period of Communist Rebellion to justify the domination of the state over society and the distortion of power distribution among different ethnic groups. When the international isolation that had been caused by the rigid "one-China" principle in dealing with foreign affairs made Taiwan suffer from external challemges after the mid 1980s, the authoritarian rule was also forced to transform. As shown in the democratization processes, the state-society relations sustained by the Temporary Provision were adjusted and the distortion in power allocation was removed. In the meanwhile, Taiwan's foreign policy was also changed. The political democratization thus made the "one-China" principle be blurred at both domestic and international levels.
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Type
journal article