Tangwai movement
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The Tangwai movement, or simply Tangwai, was a loosely knit political movement in Taiwan in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Although the ruling Kuomintang had allowed contested elections for a small nu
![Tangwai (independent) Taiwanese-born politician Wu San-lien [Es] (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in Taipei City's first mayoral election](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E6%B0%91%E9%81%B8%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7%E5%90%B3%E4%B8%89%E9%80%A3%E6%96%BC1951%E5%B9%B4%E5%8B%9D%E9%81%B8%E5%BE%8C_First_People-elected_Mayor_of_Taipei%2C_the_Capital_of_TAIWAN.jpg/500px-%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E6%B0%91%E9%81%B8%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7%E5%90%B3%E4%B8%89%E9%80%A3%E6%96%BC1951%E5%B9%B4%E5%8B%9D%E9%81%B8%E5%BE%8C_First_People-elected_Mayor_of_Taipei%2C_the_Capital_of_TAIWAN.jpg)
Tangwai (independent) Taiwanese-born politician Wu San-lien [Es] (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in Taipei City's first mayoral election in January 1951 with supporters.
Kaohsiung Incident
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The Kaohsiung Incident, also known as the Formosa Incident, the Meilidao Incident, or the Formosa Magazine incident, was a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations that occurred in Kaohsiung, Taiwan,
Tangwai movement
…elected as members "outside the party." The movement was at times tolerated and other times suppressed, the latter being the case particularly after the Kaohsiung Incident of 1979. Members of the movement eventually formed the Democratic Progressive Party, which after opposition political parties were legalized, contested…
The Kaohsiung Eight arrested. From left to right: Chang Chun-hung, Huang Hsin-chieh, Chen Chu, Yao Chia-wen, Shih Ming-teh, Annette Lu, Lin Hung-hsuan [zh].