The bizarre news that China plans on commemorating Taiwan’s 228 Massacre is representative of Chinese attempts to assert claims over Taiwan by incorporating Taiwanese history in Chinese history writ large. This is nothing new...
The association of the KMT and organized crime does not seem set to fade anytime soon in the popular imagination, with membership drives in recent months which have been accused of allowing elements of organized crime into the party without due scrutiny...
It appears be highly likely that FoxConn owner Terry Gou is gearing up for a presidential run in Taiwan as a KMT candidate. Recent business announcements by Gou seem to indicate moves aimed at preparing for a presidential run...
The upcoming race for KMT party chair seems set to be a hotly contested one, with party heavyweights Hau Lung-Bin and Wu Den-Yih seeking to pry the position of KMT party chair away from Hung Hsiu-Chu. But new contenders have entered the race. Further questions are up in the air about ties between candidates for KMT party chair and Terry Gou, a possible future presidential candidate of the KMT ...
Some claim that the KMT only needs to "localize" to survive its current political crisis. But the truth is that the KMT has already "localized" and this only took the party in an extreme pro-unification direction. We can observe this in the example of Hung Hsiu-Chu herself...
A battle seems to be ahead for the position of KMT party chairperson. Current party chair Hung Hsiu-Chu aims to hold onto her position for elections next year, but she faces strong challenges from within the party, as a product of the KMT's internal crisis which has only accentuated under her leadership of the party...
20,000 demonstrated in support of marriage equality in front of the Legislative Yuan today, protests coinciding with the second of two public hearings held by the Legislative Yuan on marriage equality...
The thought is a terrifying one: Terry Gou as president of Taiwan? After the election of Donald Trump in 2016 American presidential elections, it seems nothing it out of the question in global politics anymore. Is it possible that Terry Gou could become the next president of Taiwan?...