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What Americans need to know about Eric Chu and his claim the KMT has always been pro-US and not pro-China.Part 2 of what Americans need to know about the KMT: Eric Chu is touting the KMT as having been always pro-U.S. and not pro-China, but the truth is more complicated than that | 2022-06-18 10:00:00

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) just finished his visit to the US trying to sell his idea of US-China-Taiwan relations. During his visit, Chu attempted to remind Washington elites that the KMT is here, not only in Taiwan’s political arena, but, more importantly, that the party’s stance aligns with Washington’s position toward Taiwan’s status and cross-strait relations. The former implies Washington should not underrate the probability of the KMT’s return ...

The recent passing of Peng Ming-min (彭明敏) marks the end of an era, the era of three Taiwanese colonial greats, namely Su Beng (史明), Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) and Peng. These greats did not grow up in a vacuum and so it is ironically appropriate that the special exhibit, “Lumiere, the Enlightenment and Self-Awakening of Taiwanese Culture,” is currently touring Taiwan. The exhibit presents the purpose, goals and works of the Taiwan Cultural Association, founded on Oct. 17, 1921, a...

Chinese Wisdom in Xis Words: Brothers of same mind can cut through metal-

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- When brothers are of the same mind, they can cut through metal. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Centr

<strong>Pro-China narratives</strong> Recently, Yibao Online published an article, said to be written by a Chinese civilian living in China, titled “Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) must step down for destroying the country.” The article has sparked such public debate in Taiwan that during a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan, National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) was asked to give his opinion about the stability of Xi’s �...

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compounding the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, most world leaders are not in an optimistic mood, as they face days of turmoil and economic stress. Amid these challenges, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強), in his annual report to the Chinese National People’s Congress on March 5, said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims for “stability” in its relations with Taiwan and the world. Surprisingly perhaps, Li mentioned “stability” 81 times. ...

This week Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members Alexander Huang (黃介正), its Director of International Affairs, Eric Huang (黃裕鈞), the party’s Washington representative and Johnny Chiang (江啟臣), former party chairman, teleconferenced at Columbia University for “Cross-Strait and US-Taiwan Relations from the [KMT] Point of View.” The teleconference was stimulated by the recent move by the KMT to re-open its offices in Washington, closed for the past 13 years. This move to res...

Before Chinese President Xi Jinping had a dream, his predecessor Hu Jintao had a wish: the “peaceful reunification” of China and Taiwan. In fact, all of Xi’s predecessors since Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 have pined for the reabsorption of Taiwan into the motherland—it has always been one of China’s self-defined “core interests,” and its paramount

With the DPP mired in defeat, infighting, and public hostility, newcomer Tsai Ing-wen boldly seized control of the party | 2022-02-08 19:30:00