<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> holds its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1996 Taiwanese presidential election">first direct elections</a> and chooses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Teng-hui" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lee Teng-hui">Lee Teng-hui</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Republic of China">President</a>.