Moreover, the announcement in December that the US is to sell $1.83bn in weapons to the Ma government is also a clear show of support for Taiwan, which already appeared ready to renounce the
Kuomintang. Such a sale early in Tsai's tenure would have irritated China, complicating relations not only between China and Taiwan, but also between China and the US.
The
Kuomintang (also called the Chinese Nationalist Party) wants to improve relations without surrendering Taiwan's independence.
One microblog post even called Chiang -- who died in 1988 -- the "hated son of someone who split the motherland" referring to the
Kuomintang's defeat by the Communists and flight to Taiwan, which China considers part of its sovereign territory.
TV images broadcast live nationwide showed two angry women legislators scuffling and an opposition parliamentarian spraying coffee at her
Kuomintang counterparts.
The latest victory by Ma and the
Kuomintang translates into a victory of his pragmatic approach to relations with China.
Things change for Mirabel when she meets JJ, a Chinese soldier of the
Kuomintang Government, posted to Melbourne to liaise with the Australian military.
The Reference Library of the
Kuomintang of China in Taipei has recently released a classified document titled "The Summary Reports of the Propaganda Operations Conducted by the International Department of the Ministry of Information from the beginning of 1938 to April of 1941." This document lists foreign visitors to China--including Ernest Hemingway--referred to as "international friends" and expected to cooperate in spreading propaganda for the
Kuomintang.
The agreement by the ruling
Kuomintang (KMT) party and opposition Democratic Progressive Party will blocks ground beef imports from such countries until a cure has been found.
equity fund, Sycamore Ventures, for the media business of
Kuomintang (KMT)--the present government's main political opposition party.