http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/11/17/saru-to-media-did-you-even-read-bushs-speech/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:54:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/11/17/saru-to-media-did-you-even-read-bushs-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-26356 Frog in a Well - The China History Group Blog Sun, 20 Nov 2005 03:03:03 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2005/11/17/saru-to-media-did-you-even-read-bushs-speech/#comment-26356 [...] When President Bush cited Taiwan as a model for mainland China, though he wasn’t quite as aggressive as the headlines suggest, he raised some interesting historical specters: what if the Nationalists hadn’t lost China? Does the success of Taiwan validate the socialist Republicanism (and stages of political development) of Sun Yat-sen? And, of course, is Taiwan’s model of transition from single-party developmental state to multi-party (if still somewhat immature) democracy with flourishing high-value economy something that China could draw on? [...] [...] When President Bush cited Taiwan as a model for mainland China, though he wasn’t quite as aggressive as the headlines suggest, he raised some interesting historical specters: what if the Nationalists hadn’t lost China? Does the success of Taiwan validate the socialist Republicanism (and stages of political development) of Sun Yat-sen? And, of course, is Taiwan’s model of transition from single-party developmental state to multi-party (if still somewhat immature) democracy with flourishing high-value economy something that China could draw on? [...]

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