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The KMT’s little chilli pepper and unification

James Wang 王景弘

It seems there are constant rumors swirling around the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) that Deputy Legislative Speaker Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) is about to be replaced as its presidential candidate.

The little chilli pepper — as Hung is nicknamed — is perpetually looking over her shoulder, passionately declaring her resolve to her detractors within the party, while she threatens the electorate that the nation would be eaten alive without her leadership.

Hung’s cross-strait focus hurts her

Taipei Times Editorial

What issue lies at the heart of the coming presidential election? This is something that the ruling party, the presidential candidates and the electorate all care about; it is also what divides them. The contrasts between the two major parties explain why the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), which has ruled Taiwan for the best part of 60 years, is hemorrhaging support, while the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is widening its support base.

FTP calls for DPP vote to be shared

Taipei Times

Free Taiwan Party (FTP) Chairman Tsay Ting-kuei , second left, and FTP legislative candidates raise their fists at a press conference in Taipei yesterday to announce the party’s list of legislative at-large and constituency candidates.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Pro-independence advocates yesterday called on voters to support the Free Taiwan Party (FTP), saying at a news conference in Taipei that the pan-green camp as a whole — rather than just the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) — should win the majority in next year’s legislative elections, adding that other pan-green parties should keep the DPP in check if it wins the presidency.

In memory of a true Taiwanese, Ruth Lin

Chang Chao-hsuan 張肇烜

Ruth Lin, a medical missionary who came to Taiwan half a century ago and settled here, passed away on Monday at the age of 95.

Lin was born Ruth Duncan in Lubbock, Texas, in 1921. After graduating with a nursing degree, she went to Qinghai Province in China, where she helped establish a hospital that provided medical services to Tibetan people and trained nurses.

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