Abstract
Some foreign (including Chinese) observers declared the legislative election results a rejection of Taiwan’s independence because the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not make the expected gains. That is, they interpreted the results in terms of national identity. Is this a reasonable interpretation? Several points suggest otherwise.
It is best to win without fighting.
Sun-tzu, The Art of War
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© 2006 Olwen Bedford and Kwang-Kuo Hwang
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Bedford, O., Hwang, KK. (2006). Let One-Hundred Flowers Bloom. In: Taiwanese Identity and Democracy: The Social Psychology of Taiwan’s 2004 Elections. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403983558_12
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