dangwai movement

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The dangwai movement was a Taiwanese political opposition force that emerged outside the ruling Kuomintang during martial law, advocating democracy, human rights, and the end of authoritarian rule.

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dangwai movement canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Taiwanese political history topic ⓘ
opposition movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
advocatedFor democratization of Taiwan ⓘ
free and fair elections ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
associatedEvent Kaohsiung Incident ⓘ
contributedTo Taiwan’s democratic transition ⓘ
end of martial law in Taiwan ⓘ
country Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
culminatedIn founding of the Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
emergedDuring martial law period in Taiwan ⓘ
endTime late 1980s ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology Taiwanese localization ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
influenced formation of the Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
keyFigure Annette Lu ⓘ
Chang Chun-hung ⓘ
Chen Shui-bian ⓘ
Hsu Hsin-liang ⓘ
Huang Hsin-chieh ⓘ
Kang Ning-hsiang ⓘ
Lin Yi-hsiung ⓘ
Shih Ming-teh ⓘ
Yao Chia-wen ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
location Taiwan ⓘ
mainOpposedParty Kuomintang ⓘ
nameMeaning outside the party ⓘ
opposed Kuomintang one-party rule ⓘ
authoritarian rule in Taiwan ⓘ
politicalPosition opposition ⓘ
pro-democracy ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
Taiwanese democracy movement ⓘ
repressedBy Kuomintang government ⓘ
startTime 1970s ⓘ
subjectOf political repression ⓘ
usedLabel dangwai ⓘ
tangwai ⓘ
usedMedium local election campaigns ⓘ
opposition magazines ⓘ
usedOrganizationalForm independent candidates ⓘ
loosely organized political networks ⓘ
wasIllegalUnder martial law in Taiwan ⓘ

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