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Describes the new rich class in Taiwan, which has emerged since the 1960s as a fragmented, heterogeneous group of individuals from different social classes & status groups. The new rich class includes the old middle classes, encompassing the military, civil servants, school teachers, owners of small & medium-sized businesses, affluent workers in labor-intensive, export-oriented technology industries, & lower-administrative & managerial employees attached to the service sector. It is suggested that because these groups emerged at different stages of the industrialization process, they are susceptible to different sets of social values & support different political platforms & parties. However, social & political harmony has been achieved between these classes through the common, binding experience of ascending from hardship to abundance. It is forecast that if the economic restructuring project is kept on track, this harmony should continue. D. M. Smith