Direct Presidential Election Defended Democratic Values, Redefined Taiwan's Post-Cold War International Status
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of Taiwan's first direct presidential election. Scholars note that against the backdrop of the Soviet Union's collapse, Eastern Europe's democratization, and the CCP's missile exercises in the 1990s, the 1996 election "redefined" Taiwan's international position in the post-Cold War era. Before its semiconductor industry became its "sacred mountain of protection," this election established Taiwan's crucial "democratic asset" for winning allied support.