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<h1>Soft power makes Taiwan a global contender</h1>
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<p>•Publication Date：10/22/2010<BR/>•Source： Taiwan Today<BR/>•By  Kuldip Roy Rampal <P><BR/>After Taiwan embraced democracy at the end of martial law in 1987, it began acquiring soft power in the political, economic, cultural and religious arenas. The nation’s 23 million people now enjoy new freedoms in a changed political environment.<P>Read more: <a href="http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124438&CtNode=423" target="_blank">http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=124438&CtNode=423</a></p>
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