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To: michael97123 who wrote (69546)	1/28/2003 2:56:47 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The "democratic principles" of Taiwan are a little disputable. Post-WWII martial law in Taiwan ended in 1987, as near as I can tell, and Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang party ruled until 2000. Not to take anything away from Taiwan, but the transition to democracy there was a long one. The story is pretty much the same in Korea and the Philippines. Even Japan took a long, long time to emerge from what was effectively single party "democracy". Of the big "nation building" successes of the postwar era, the only one I can think of that made a relatively quick and easy transition to real democracy was Germany, maybe Italy too. And look at all the respect that's gotten the Germans from W's inner circle.