Tsao, Hung-ping (2020). The Color Purple of Taiwan Politics. In: Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) , Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping (editors). Volume 2, Number 10, October 2020; 285 pages. Lenox Institute Press, Newtonville, NY, 12128-0405, USA. No. STEAM-VOL2-NUM10-OCT2020; ISBN 978-0-9890870-3-2; http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/s16r-c655 . ..........ABSTRACT: This collection of one thousand articles sidetracks the democratic progression in Taiwan for the period between 1996 and 2013. Most of the articles were published in The World Journal and each reflected spontaneously the complexity of the political, economical and cultural facades of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. ...........KEYWORDS: Taiwan, Politics, Thousand articles, World Journal, Political, economical and cultural facades, Hong Kong, China

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