Lee, Teng-hui 1923 - 2020

This NIE discusses how relations between China and Taiwan will develop in the three year period from 2000 until 2002.

This NIE discusses how relations between China and Taiwan will develop in the three year period from 2000 until 2002.

The CIA's Office of East Asian Analysis concludes that "Chiang Ching-kuo is likely to be succeeded by a collegial, technocratic leadership governing in a somewhat less authoritarian style. The immediate succession will be dominated by a collegium of older mainlanders and is expected to go smoothly. Differences within this group over internal or foreign policy issues are unlikely to trigger a major power struggle."

This document has been review and declassified by the Central Intelligence Agency on at least two separate occasions. The above version was approved for release on January 20, 2010. An alternative version, with different material withheld, was approved for release on May 12, 2011.

A report on Kuomintang efforts for the upcoming national election in Taiwan and the individuals surrounding Chiang Ching-kuo.

Analysts at the CIA write that US support for Taiwan will remain important to the island's political stability and economic growth.