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About the Author
Lee Teng-hui is president of the Republic of China. This address was delivered on 27 August 1995 at the opening session of an international conference on “Consolidating Third Wave Democracies: Trends and Challenges” held in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference was co-sponsored by the Institute for National Policy Research of Taipei and the International Forum for Democratic Studies of Washington, D.C.