sentences:  Between the beginning of the 1960s and mid-1970s Taiwanese cultural life was in a period of gradual transition between the immediate postwar ideological goal of "retaking the mainland" and the social realities of Taiwan's development.The social-sciences and the humanities struggled to gain acceptance as preferable forms of cosmopolitanism, while new cultural markets implored the state the promote positive cultural programs with an eye on increased space for localism.Despite the United States' gradual lowering of its political commitment to Taiwan, academic and technological exchange flourished.