John F. Copper
John F. Copper is the Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Articles by John F. Copper
TAIWAN’S “MIDTERM ELECTION”
On December 7, voters in Taiwan's two metropolitan cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, went to the polls to choose their mayors and the members of their respective city councils. Taipei, Taiwan's
CHEN SHUI-BIAN’S TWO YEARS AT THE HELM
On May 20, Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian celebrated his second anniversary in office, having won Taiwan's second direct presidential election in March of 2000, turning out the Kuomintang (KMT) that
TAIWAN’S DECEMBER 2001 ELECTION: THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS
On December 1, voters went to the polls in Taiwan to select a new legislature, county magistrates and five mayors. It was the first national election following the opposition Democratic
THE FUTURE OF THE KUOMINTANG (KMT) PARTY
In 1949, Taiwan's Nationalist Party or Kuomintang (KMT) was defeated by the communists and fled from the mainland to Taiwan. At that time the party's future looked dim. Recently there