Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion

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Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion were emergency constitutional amendments in the Republic of China that vastly expanded presidential powers and enabled prolonged martial law and authoritarian rule, particularly in Taiwan during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional amendment ⓘ
emergency provision ⓘ
extra-constitutional measure ⓘ
appliedIn Free area of the Republic of China ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
associatedWith Kuomintang one-party dominance ⓘ
White Terror in Taiwan ⓘ
characterizedAs emergency constitutional amendments ⓘ
instrument of authoritarian governance ⓘ
temporary but long-lasting constitutional framework ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
enables authoritarian rule ⓘ
martial law ⓘ
suspension of normal constitutional order ⓘ
expandsPowerOf President of the Republic of China ⓘ
governs state of emergency in the Republic of China ⓘ
historicalContext Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
impact concentration of power in the executive branch ⓘ
delay of full constitutional implementation in Taiwan ⓘ
entrenchment of one-party rule ⓘ
restriction of civil liberties ⓘ
weakening of legislative and judicial checks and balances ⓘ
implementedBy Kuomintang government ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of China ⓘ
justification claimed ongoing communist rebellion ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
legalBasisFor extended terms of office for elected representatives ⓘ
postponement of constitutional democracy in the Republic of China ⓘ
prolonged martial law in Taiwan ⓘ
rule by decree by the president ⓘ
legalNature constitutional-level norm ⓘ
legalStatus abolished ⓘ
modifies Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
opposedBy Taiwanese democracy movement ⓘ
dangwai movement ⓘ
politicalOrientation anti-communist ⓘ
purpose to expand presidential powers during the period of communist rebellion ⓘ
to provide a legal basis for emergency rule ⓘ
to support the Kuomintang government in its confrontation with the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
relatedConcept authoritarianism in Taiwan ⓘ
democratization of Taiwan ⓘ
martial law in Taiwan ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
scope internal security ⓘ
national security ⓘ
political rights and freedoms ⓘ
temporalNature intended as temporary but applied for an extended period ⓘ

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White Terror in Taiwan → legalBasis → Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion ⓘ