Kuomintang

A Counter-Example For Taiwan In The Conservative Resurgence In Japan?

Brian Hioe
The example of the rise of Yuriko Koike’s “Party of Hope” in Japan, offers an example in a mirror darkly for Taiwan, perhaps. Namely, what Japan offers as a counter-example for Taiwan is the failure of democratic politics in allowing for the rise of two starkly conservative parties which do not substantially differ in their politics. Nevertheless, there may be some lessons to be learned for Taiwan...
EnglishOctober 2017Politics7 min read

KMT’s Green Terror Accusations Show Fundamental Disrespect For Taiwanese Democracy

Brian Hioe
Recent actions by members of the pan-Blue camp once again go to show how the pan-Blue camp has largely failed to reckon with its authoritarian past in demonstrating its fundamental disrespect for the institutions Taiwanese democracy. We can point to widely discussed recent events as an example of this, as seen in accusations of Facebook censorship by the DPP as part of a "Green Terror" and an incident in which a China Times intern took to throwing water balloons at pan-Green legislators...
EnglishJune 2017Politics6 min read

The Fall Of Alex Tsai?

Brian Hioe
Alex Tsai, until recently the director of the Central Policy Committee of the KMT and a party spokesman, has been embroiled in controversy in past days with charges against Tsai of embezzling 300 million NTD from the sale of the Central Motion Pictures Corporation under the pretext of capital reductions...
EnglishJuly 2017Politics11 min read