Kuomintang's win, or is it a step backward?
On Saturday Jan. 12, 2008, Taiwan declared the KMT (Kuomintang) winner of it's parliamentary election's. The KMT now holds 86 of the 113 seat legislator. Ironically the modern KMT favors closer ties with the mainland more than its opposition, when in the past the whole existence and presence of the KMT on the island of Taiwan was due to the fact that they had fled the mainland to seek their own independence. Try as Taiwan will, China is never going to be satisfied with the whole situation until the country of Taiwan decides to give up it's independence, and adopts the red rule of a non democratic government that China expects "its own island" (Taiwan) to implement.
posted by Nick at 11:15 PM
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The recent win by the KMT in Taiwan's parliament will contribute significantly to the presidential elections in a couple of months. Previously, with a DPP president and KMT-controlled Parliament, it was difficult for President Chen to pursue certain policies. This election, however, seems to be less about the issue of reunification and more about domestic issues that the Taiwanese people are facing in the development of their young democracy.
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