There is an organization that "audits" yearly countries around the world. In its report of January, 2005, World Audit of Democracy (see http://www.worldaudit.org/) ranked Taiwan in the following orders among 210 countries:
(1) World Democracy Audit Overall Ranking: No. 39 (Range: 1-149) [Remark: Finland and New Zealand are No. 1; US got No. 14]
(2) Political Rights: No. 2 (Range: 1-7) [Remark: US and several others are rated No. 1]
(3) Civil Liberties: No. 2 (Range: 1-7) [Remark: US and several others got No. 1]
(4) Press Freedom: No. 38 (Range: 1-100) [Remark: highest rank is 8. Finland and New Zealand got it. US is rated 17.]
(5) Corruption: No. 31 (Range: 1-100) [Remark: Best score is New Zealand's 5. US got 25.]
BigEagle notes - US rankings are put here because many readers may be more familiar the American way of democracy.
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