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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

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  • 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

  • Icons

  • Kinmen-Quemoy MAINLAND TOURISTS

  • Taipei

  • Questions?