Overall a good an interesting piece. However, it should be noted that when the KMT withdrew to Taiwan that it treated the local Taiwanese as second class citizens. Recent surveys indicate that at least
eighty percent of the Island's population prefers independence rather than political reunification with China. For the KMR to favor reunification with the mainland goes directly against the will of the majority of the population. The vote favoring the KMT in local elections is more a statement about unhappiness about local administration than an expression of any desire for reunification with China. On the ground reality is very different from any possible reading of the tea leaves from a distance.
Are KMT's recent electoral gains being touted that way somewhere (because this article certainly didn't)? Particularly, if that's being said in the Mainland, I would be interested in looking for patterns (which *might* be a waste of my time).
If the Chinese decide to drop in, Taiwan likely can't rely on its traditional backer (which this article mentions as a possibility).
you may consume tea differently but the issue is not consuming tea the issue is the directi conclusions you derive from the events you are analyzing. To understand the deap of operation that the KMT expressed on Taiwan you have to have lived through it.
Overall a good an interesting piece. However, it should be noted that when the KMT withdrew to Taiwan that it treated the local Taiwanese as second class citizens. Recent surveys indicate that at least
eighty percent of the Island's population prefers independence rather than political reunification with China. For the KMR to favor reunification with the mainland goes directly against the will of the majority of the population. The vote favoring the KMT in local elections is more a statement about unhappiness about local administration than an expression of any desire for reunification with China. On the ground reality is very different from any possible reading of the tea leaves from a distance.
[Gah. Language. Had to redo the comment.]
Are KMT's recent electoral gains being touted that way somewhere (because this article certainly didn't)? Particularly, if that's being said in the Mainland, I would be interested in looking for patterns (which *might* be a waste of my time).
If the Chinese decide to drop in, Taiwan likely can't rely on its traditional backer (which this article mentions as a possibility).
Also, I consume tea differently.
you may consume tea differently but the issue is not consuming tea the issue is the directi conclusions you derive from the events you are analyzing. To understand the deap of operation that the KMT expressed on Taiwan you have to have lived through it.
Which conclusions?