Rise of Chiang Kai-shek’s Great-Grandson Could Be the Start of a Historic Irony on Taiwan
A scion of Mao’s great foe is on the rise, as Kuomintang stuns Taiwan’s hardline ruling party.
Voters in Taiwan shocked their government Saturday with a clear message that’s sure to resonate from Washington to Beijing — not to mention Moscow and Brussels. The message, after Taiwan government candidates suffered heavy losses in local elections: We’re not interested in confrontation with China.
The message was powerful enough to bring about the resignation of Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, as leader of her ruling party and elevate the influence of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party that held power in China before the victory of Mao Zedong’s Red Army in 1949.
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