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.
Democratic Progressive Party
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The Democratic Progressive Party is a Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is curre
Tangwai movement
…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 elections and won the presidency with candidate Chen Shui-bian, ending decades of…
Former President Chen Shui-bian, the first DPP President (2000–2008)
DPP headquarters at Huashan Business Building Level 10 in Taipei.