Graphic of Taiwanese Political Change

I saw this neat poster at a cafe near campus recently.  It shows the political change in Taiwan over the last 100 years.  I think the "white with a red dot" should be obvious.  That's the Japanese period.  (Which started in 1895 actually.)  The blue refers to the KMT, the Chinese Nationalist Party, Chiang Kai-Shek's political party.  The green is the DPP, the Democratic Progressive Party.  They actually didn't entirely control Taiwan during the period depicted, since, I believe, the KMT still held a majority in the Legislative body during that time, but they did hold the presidency, and the president in Taiwan is a decently powerful position in the government.  The current president, Ma, has just started his second term.  You can see his first term in the picture where the last 4 Taiwans are colored blue.
Admittedly, this is a dramatically simplified version of the Taiwanese political situation, but as a graphic it's kind of cool.

このポスターを近所のカフェーで見掛けた。2011年迄、百年間台湾の政治状態の流れを絵にされた。日の丸は勿論、日本支配の時代を意味する。その後の青は蔣介石の国民党による支配時期だ。そして、八年間の緑は台湾の二番目に大きい政党、民主進歩党が大統領の席を獲っていた時期だ。その八年間は、実は国民党はずっと立法院（台湾の衆議院に当たる組織）をコントロールしたけど、台湾の大統領はかなりの権限を持つので、一応緑の「民主進歩党によっての政治」の意味は合っているのだろう。最後の青は現大統領、馬、の最初の任期だ。（今年から馬は第二の任期を始まった。）
この図は結構簡略されているから、これだけ見たら台湾の政治状態と歴史が分かる訳ではないけど、分かりやすい図としては兎に角面白い。