It said Taiwanese leaders should consider increasing domestic investment and consumption, revaluing their currency upward and further opening home markets to foreign goods.

Taiwanese leaders sought independence sought support from foreign powers, but no one responded.

Mr. Lee's statement was the first public acknowledgment by a Taiwanese leader that the Communists control the mainland.

But voters instead gave the 73-year-old Taiwanese leader a strong mandate to negotiate with China over Taiwan's political status.

So far, according to Taiwanese political leaders in Flushing, about 2,000 New Yorkers plan to fly back home to do just that.

After that, he paid visits to Taiwanese and South Korean leaders.

Many victims of the white terror were Taiwanese elite-political leaders, wealthier families, intellectuals, etc.

He repeated recent offers to open dialogue with any Taiwanese leaders who accept the one-China principle.

Congressional Republicans, for their part, should refrain from inflammatory gestures like inviting Taiwanese leaders to Washington.

The visit of the Taiwanese leader to the United States was a testament to Taiwan's lobbying power in Congress.