Republic of China

Lai Strikes Conciliatory Tone to China, KMT in National Day Speech

Brian Hioe
Lai Ching-te delivered the first National Day address of his presidency today. Very little surprised about the speech, in that Lai made no surprising statements on Taiwan’s sovereignty or about Taiwan’s relationship with China. What one does observe from Lai’s speech, however, is the contours of a new historical perspective bridging adherence to the ROC and the resistance against authoritarianism that occurred in the course of Taiwan’s democratization...
America and the Asia PacificCross StraitEnglishInternationalOctober 2024Politics7 min read

KMT Denies Considering Name Change for Party

Brian Hioe
KMT chair Johnny Chiang rejected suggestions that the party was considering changing its name last week, with signs of a growing internal split in the KMT. Chiang was asked about the issue after the party passed a resolution to seek to reestablish formal diplomatic ties between the ROC and the US. The resolution surprised, because of the KMT’s historical advocacy of unification between Taiwan and China...
EnglishOctober 2020Politics6 min read