KMT Chair Elections: Looking for a Hero
Moderation, not fundamentalism, is a key to KMTs’ resurrection.
Tag Archives: KMT
Beijing should see new political realities in Taiwan as a chance to find common ground with Democratic Progressive Party
KMT’s devastating election defeat is a sign of bigger problems for a party that is so out of touch with the socio-political trends in Taiwan.
Taiwan Elections 2016: Essential Electronic Resources
Essential collection of resources for media and Taiwan election watchers.
Here Comes Taiwan’s Big Political Realignment
Co-author: Jonathan Sullivan* A calamitous performance in Saturday’s local elections confirmed 2014 as an annus horribilis for the Kuomintang (KMT) and its Chairman Ma Ying-jeou. The embattled Ma signaled on […]
Just how local are local elections in Taiwan?
Looking to local elections for clues as to how this or that party will fare in national elections is a precarious thing. Professor Shelley Rigger has argued earlier on this blog that […]
Three reasons to follow Taiwan’s 9-in-1 elections
On November 29, Taiwan will experience its own ‘mid-term’ elections. This time unprecedented for at least three reasons. Firstly, it is for the first time that altogether 9 different elections […]
Ma’s Taiwan: Year of the Lame Horse (The National Interest)
Co-author: Jonathan Sullivan* Published in The National Interest. The year of the horse began last week, but for Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou (whose surname means horse) the signs are inauspicious. […]
Ma Ying-jeou’s aborted military reform
Last month, the planned transition from a conscript-based system of National Service to a professional all-volunteer army was postponed in the aftermath of the outrage surrounding the death of soldier Hung […]
Taiwan’s dispute with the Philippines (II): Domestic politics in command
In my previous post, I examined the general nature of the current dispute between the Philippines and Taiwan and the foreign policy motivations on the Taiwan side. Yet, the behaviour of […]
Taiwan 2012 Elections One Year On
Last year, on 14 January 2012, combined legislative and presidential elections took place in Taiwan. Incumbent candidate Ma Ying-jeou defeated opposition challenger Tsai Ing-wen and Kuomintang retained majority in Legislative […]
Taiwan in Perspective 