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Within Taiwan, the independence movement was one of many dissident causes among the intensifying democracy movement of the 1970s, which culminated in the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was eventually formed to represent dissident causes.
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The year 2004 was an eventful one in Taiwan. Pres. Chen Shui-bian was reelected, and his efforts and those of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to move the island to independence from China aroused both internal and external resistance.
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Chen stepped down as head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after the drubbing at the polls but wasted no time Sunday lashing out at China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory. [Full Text]
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