Newly elected KMT chair Cheng Li-wun continues to make headlines with controversial headlines and actions. It has been a mere ten days since Cheng took office as KMT chair, having won as a dark horse candidate. And yet Cheng continues to be embroiled in scandals...
Comments by newly elected KMT party chair Cheng Li-wun have led to outrage, in an unusual case of the KMT foraying into the matter of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Cheng defended Russian President Vladimir Putin as a democratically elected leader, rather than a dictator. Cheng claimed that Russia had been a democracy for many years after the transition away from the Soviet Union...
Cheng Li-wun has won the KMT chair election. Cheng has already received a phone call congratulating her from outgoing KMT chair Eric Chu. Cheng presented a clear lead over her primary competitor, Hau Lung-bin earlier on, leading to her victory by large margins...
Unusual allegations have broken out in the KMT chair race. Specifically, deep blue political commentator Jaw Shaw-kong has alleged Chinese interference in the race, taking place through online influence campaigns...
Vaccination rates have largely stalled in Taiwan at a time in which Taiwan debates if and whether to loosen COVID-19 measures. This would be in the interests of transitioning away from Taiwan’s current COVID-zero approach, so as to avoid Taiwan becoming disconnected from the international world at a time in which many countries are loosening their COVID-19 restrictions, something that would have a severe impact on Taiwan’s economy...
