The Inside Story of Taiwan's Quiet Revolution

Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Note to the Reader: The Principles and Conditions that Made
Taiwan’s Democratization Possible xvii
1. The Driving Force behind Chiang Ching-kuo’s Decision to Democratize Taiwan 1
2. A Goal Kicked in: Lee Teng-hui Becomes Acting Party Chair 73
3. The 13th National Congress of the Kuomintang: A Shift in the Lees’ Relations 139
4. Becoming Secretary-General of the Kuomintang 171
5. The 1989 Year-End Elections and the Beginning of My Delicate Relationship with John Kuan 189
6. A Second Goal Kicked In: The February Political Disputes, from Beginning to End 209
7. The National Affairs Conference 257
8. Hau Pei-tsun Forms a Cabinet 305
9. Factional Fighting within the Kuomintang 359
10. The DPP and the April 17 Protest 375
11. Revision of Article 100 of the Criminal Code and the Taiwan Independence Provision 391
12. The DPP Joins the National Unification Council 425
13. The “One Institution, Two Phases” Approach to Constitutional Reform 449
14. The 2nd Legislative Yuan Is Voted in and the Provincial Government Is Frozen Out 505
15. Party Diplomacy 577
16. In Conclusion: Political Integration through Centripetal or Centrifugal Force 663
Bibliography 687