The question of who the DPP and KMT intend to field as their mayoral candidates in Taipei and Taoyuan has come under scrutiny in recent days, as the primary season comes to a close before nine-in-one elections later this year...
With KMT party primaries underway, all indications are that internal divides within the party continue to be strong. Namely, current KMT chair Eric Chu seems to be increasingly embattled, as facing challenges from within the party. This may be the result of the KMT’s current system in which the KMT chair cannot simultaneously serve as the party’s presidential candidate. But, despite that this is the case, it is often thought that Chu in fact harbors presidential ambitions, having served the KMT’s 2016 presidential candidate after he was swapped in to replace Hung Hsiu-chu...
An early indication that efforts by newly elected KMT chair Johnny Chiang to reform the party have run into a roadblock can be seen in Chiang’s declaration that the Institute of Revolutionary Practice will play an important role in the party’s rejuvenation and the subsequent announcement of the institute's initial program...
Much mockery of the KMT has ensued online after an incident last week at a protest outside of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, criticisms of the KMT have ensued for using the National Taiwan University Hospital‘s emergency room to stage a photo op for campaigning purposes...
Accusations by the KMT that Internet influencer Yang Hui-ju, also known as Slow Yang, was responsible for spreading false information that led to the 2018 suicide of Taiwanese diplomat Su Chi-cheng may be the first major incident in the 2020 elections directly related to the issue of “fake news” ...