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Taiwans’ progressives reckon with utter failure of ‘Great Recall’ against opposition

The “Great Recall” of more than two dozen opposition lawmakers in Taiwan over the weekend greatly disappointed the president ...
TaiwanPlus on MSN2h

Opposition Kuomintang Sets October Date To Elect New Chair

Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang, says it will vote for a new chair on October 18. Current chair Eric Chu will ...

How a vote targeting 'pro-China' lawmakers has split Taiwan

In the following months, the main opposition party Kuomintang worked together with the smaller Taiwan People's Party and ...
The Diplomat1d

Taiwan’s Recall Elections Failed – But That Doesn’t Signal an Embrace of Beijing

The failure of the recalls does not reflect a re-evaluation of cross-strait policy preferences. But it does send a clear ...
DPA International on MSN5d

Taiwan holds recall votes for 24 opposition lawmakers

Taiwan's citizens started voting on Saturday morning in an unprecedented mass recall targeting 24 opposition lawmakers from a ...

Explainer: Taiwan's recall elections and how the process could play out

Around one-fifth of Taiwanese lawmakers, all from the main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), face a recall election on ...

China 'clearly' trying to interfere in Taiwan's democracy, Taipei says before recall vote

China is "clearly" trying to interfere in Taiwan's democracy and it is up to Taiwan's people to decide who should be removed ...

Taiwanese voters reject recall of China-friendly lawmakers

The KMT views Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China, as the sole legitimate heir of the prerevolutionary Chinese government. It recognizes both Taiwan and the mainland as “one China” but ...
Wall Street Journal1y

Taiwan’s Kuomintang Responds: No Illusions About the Communists

If the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party are in fact part of a Chinese Communist fifth column in Taiwan, looking at the results of the January elections, are some 60% of Taiwanese ...