Where to go from now? Taiwan’s Political Landscape and Sino-Taiwanese Relations after the December 2001 Legislative Elections

Abstract

The re-election of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on December 1st, 2001, had been awaited with much suspense both domestically and internationally. As all opinion surveys had indicated before, no political party was able to gain an absolute majority of votes. What kind of future government could be built, would depend on the relative gains and losses of the Guomindang (GMD) and the Democratic Progessive Party (DPP).