The Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ; 民主進步黨 ) is a political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition.

Each team had seven members – one judge, two members each from the district court and the local government election authorities and two witnesses each representing the plaintiff ( Pan-Blue Coalition ) and the defendant ( Pan-Green Coalition ).

While northern Taiwan leans towards the Pan-Blue Coalition in the state-level elections, southern Taiwan leaned towards the Pan-Green Coalition since late 1990s, and Kaohsiung is no exception.

This movement is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan, but opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition which seeks to retain the somewhat ambiguous status quo of the ROC under the 1992 consensus, or gradually reunify with mainland China at some point.

* Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, which refer to political constellations in the Republic of China on Taiwan ; the colours here have different meanings

Arms purchases from the United States are still a controversial political question, with the Pan-Green Coalition camp favoring the purchase, and the Pan-Blue Coalition opposing it ..

While the Pan-Green Coalition held mass rallies to protest the codification of using military force to conquer Taiwan, the Pan-Blue Coalition was largely silent.

Among the Tangwai and later the Pan-Green Coalition, opinions toward Chiang Ching-kuo are more reserved.

The Pan-Green Coalition parties, consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union, are more hostile to the policy, as they view Taiwan as a country separate from China.

In contrast to the Pan-Blue Coalition, the Pan-Green Coalition favors Taiwan independence over Chinese reunification, although members in both coalitions have moderated their policies to reach voters in the center.

For much of the 1990s the parties which later formed the Pan-Green Coalition greatly benefited from the perception that they were less corrupt than the ruling Kuomintang ( KMT ).

The Pan-Green Coalition formed in the aftermath of the 2000 ROC Presidential election, after which Lee Teng-hui was expelled from the Kuomintang and created his own party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, which maintains a pro-independence platform.

The internal dynamics of the Pan-Green Coalition are different from those of the Pan-Blue coalition.

The Green Party Taiwan is not part of the Pan-Green Coalition.

This coalition tends to favor a Chinese nationalist identity over a separate Taiwanese one and favors a softer policy and greater economic linkage with mainland China, as opposed to the Pan-Green Coalition.

Although the members of the Pan-Blue Coalition maintain separate party structures, they closely cooperate in large part to ensure that electoral strategies are coordinated, so that votes are not split among them leading to a victory by the Pan-Green Coalition.

It was officially founded on July 24, 2001 and is considered part of the Pan-Green Coalition.

It is usually associated with the Pan-Green Coalition and supports Taiwan independence.

The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition.

Proponents of such a move, namely the Pan-Green Coalition, argue that the current Constitution endorses a specific ideology ( i. e., the Three Principles of the People ), which is only appropriate for Communist states ; in addition, they argue that a more " efficient " government is needed to cope with changing realities.

It is a very common belief among KMT supporters that President Lee Teng-hui was secretly supporting Chen Shui-bian, and purposely supported the less popular Lien in order to split the Kuomintang, and this belief was given a great deal of credibility after the 2000 election with Lee's defection to the Pan-Green coalition, though Lee's defection came only after his humiliating expulsion by the KMT.

The Pan-Green Coalition argued that the current constitution, drafted by the Kuomintang in mainland China in 1947, is outdated and unfit for Taiwan as it was originally designed for all of China.

Its liberal character is questionable, although it its part of the DPP's left-of-centre and pro-Taiwanese Independence Pan-Green alliance ( in contrast with the conservative Chinese Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang ) and People First Party.

However, such a law is unlikely to pass, given that the " pan-blue " control the legislature and that premier Frank Hsieh of the Pan-Green Coalition has ruled out officially introducing such legislation.

Its name is a reference to the Pan-Blue Coalition and the Pan-Green Coalition, two political coalitions also based in Taiwan.

Its liberal character is questionable, although it is part of the DPP's pro-Taiwan independence Pan-Green alliance.

Although the official country name is " Republic of China " and its residents have been taught that their country is " China " and self-references in the educational system, textbooks, and school public announcements refer to students as " we Chinese ..." in the 1980s and 1990s, growing numbers of adults in the 2000s started identifying themselves as " Taiwanese " in the face of hostile Chinese stance and military threat in the 2000s and the Pan-Green Coalition's promotion of Taiwanese identity.

This theory is welcomed by the mainstream of the Pan-Green coalition ( led by the Democratic Progressive Party ) in Taiwan, which supports eventual de jure Taiwan independence ; but is not welcomed by most members of the Pan-Blue coalition ( Kuomintang ), which supports eventual reunifying Taiwan with mainland China as part of a single Chinese nation.

Moreover, Abe is respected among politicians in Taiwan who are part of the Pan-Green Coalition seeking Taiwanese independence.

Arms purchases from the United States are still a controversial political question, with the Pan-Green Coalition camp favoring the purchase, and the Pan-Blue Coalition opposing it.

In Taiwan, the passage of the law was condemned by officials and politicians from both of the main political camps including the Pan-Green Coalition and the Pan-Blue Coalition, although there were differences in the content of the criticism.

It does not ally itself with either the Pan-Blue Coalition or Pan-Green Coalition nor make any statements regarding the political status of Taiwan.

Notably, this election saw the temporary breakdown of the traditional two-coalition system in Taiwanese politics: instead of dividing into the Pan-Green Coalition and Pan-Blue Coalition over the political status of Taiwan, the parties divided themselves into larger and smaller parties, with the larger Democratic Progressive Party and Kuomintang in support of the amendments and the smaller People First Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union against them.

Unlike the Democratic Progressive Party, its larger companion party in the Pan-Green Coalition, the TSU actively campaigns for the creation of a de jure Republic of Taiwan.

while some Pan-Green supporters theorized that the assassination was a part of China and those pro-China politicians ' plot to claim Chen's life and crush Taiwan's democracy.

The main figures from the Pan-Green Coalition, including Chen Shui-bian and former president Lee Teng-hui, initiated the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally in which more than two million people joined hands from the very north of Taiwan to south to form an unbroken human chain.

Since coming under the ownership of the I-Mei Group the editorial policy of the Taiwan News has been in favour of the Pan-Green coalition.

* In Taiwan, the leading groups of parties are the more Chinese nationalist Pan-Blue Coalition and the more Taiwanese independence Pan-Green Coalition.

The Chinese reunification-leaning Pan-Blue Coalition ( consisting of the Kuomintang, People First Party, and New Party ) retained its majority in the legislature, winning 114 seats, compared to 101 seats won by the Taiwan independence-leaning Pan-Green Coalition ( consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union ).

Although billed as " non-political ", the event was organized by the Pan-Green Coalition and took place only a few weeks before the 2004 ROC presidential election.

However, the Pan-Blue Coalition developed between the Kuomintang, the People First Party and the New Party, enabled the Chinese reunificationist and conservative opposition to muster a slim majority over the pro-Taiwan independence Pan-Green Coalition formed between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Taiwan Solidarity Union.