Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) last week said that the reopening of the party’s liaison office in the US signaled a “return” of its voice in Washington.
The word “return” implies that there was a break-off and that the KMT is seeking to “rekindle” its relationship with the US.
Chu’s trip to the US is a political maneuver and statement. The move is not only to show goodwill to the US, but to use the opportunity to remove the KMT’s “anti-US, pro-China” label.
At the Washington-based Brookings Institution, Chu emphasized that the KMT had been “mislabeled” due to the manipulation
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) just finished his visit to the US trying to sell his idea of US-China-Taiwan relations. During his visit, Chu attempted to remind Washington elites that the KMT is here, not only in Taiwan’s political arena, but, more importantly, that the party’s stance aligns with Washington’s position toward Taiwan’s status and cross-strait relations.
The former implies Washington should not underrate the probability of the KMT’s return to power, while the latter suggests KMT is a pro-US party. After all, the mission of Chu’s US visit was to appease skepticism about the KMT in
During his visit to the US, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) met with Republican US Representative Steve Chabot of Ohio, who is cochair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus.
Early this year, a Chinese newspaper criticized KMT Legislator Charles Chen (陳以信), calling him a “secret Taiwan independence advocate” for meeting with Chabot when he visited the US.
By choosing to meet with Chabot, Chu again stepped on Beijing’s toes. One cannot help but wonder: Is he switching to a “pro-US, anti-China” line?
Chabot has long been a firm supporter of Taiwan in the US Congress. While taking part in an
During his visit to the US, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said that the KMT is a pro-US party that has always fought against communism, and that the “1992 consensus” is a “consensus without a consensus” for the sake of “creative ambiguity.”
When trying to persuade others of his “pro-US, anti-China” stance, Chu’s intended audience was actually inside the KMT, not the people he was speaking to in the US.
After all, it is nothing new for certain individuals in the pan-blue camp to repeatedly and publicly express their doubts about Washington or their support for Beijing.
In January
Washington, June 8 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said Wednesday that the reopening of a liaison office in the United States signaled a "return" for the party's voice in Washington.