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SouthBayDem

(32,883 posts)
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:12 PM Jul 26

'Pro-China' politicians survive Taiwan vote to kick them out

Source: BBC

Early results of an unprecedented vote in Taiwan aimed at ousting politicians accused of being too close to China indicate that all have retained their seats.

Thousands of Taiwanese went to the polls on Saturday in what has been termed as the "dabamian", or Great Recall vote, initiated by a civic movement.

The vote result was closely watched as it could have altered the balance of power in Taiwan, which has seen months of political deadlock between the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government and the legislature dominated by the opposition Kuomintang and its allies.

But the early result shows the opposition keeps its majority. A small number of votes are still being counted.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8185e19l4o

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'Pro-China' politicians survive Taiwan vote to kick them out (Original Post) SouthBayDem Jul 26 OP
It doesn't seem right to characterize the Kuomintang as..... reACTIONary Jul 26 #1
Wow. Chinese Magats mdbl Jul 26 #2

reACTIONary

(6,658 posts)
1. It doesn't seem right to characterize the Kuomintang as.....
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 04:21 PM
Jul 26

.... "pro China". Actually, it's complicated:

The party's guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, advocated by Sun Yat-sen and organized on a basis of democratic centralism. As the KMT supports the ROC as the only representative of China, it opposes both Chinese unification under the PRC and formal Taiwan independence. As the KMT opposes non-peaceful means to resolve the cross-strait disputes while still strongly adhering to the ROC constitution, the party favors a closer relationship with the PRC and accepts the 1992 Consensus, which defines both sides of the Taiwan Strait as "one China" but maintains its ambiguity to different interpretations. It seeks to maintain Taiwan's status quo rather than formal independence or unification.


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