Lee Teng-hui of the Nationalist Party won Taiwan's first free presidential election in March 1996 by a large margin, despite Chinese missile tests intended to discourage voters from supporting the pro-independence candidate.

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  U.S.-China Relations

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• U.S.-China Relations www.cfr.org Council on Foreign Relations via serper

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