Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) is currently in the US, trying to convince officials and academics in Washington that the KMT is pro-US, pro-peace and pro-democracy. Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is in Taiwan, making waves that muddy Chu’s message.
On Saturday last week, the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre which he euphemistically refers to as the “June 4 Incident” in deference to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ma posted an article that has been interpreted as praise for Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and his “democracy with Chinese characteristics,” and the idea that
Washington, June 6 (CNA) The principle of the so-called "1992 consensus" remains "key" to the Kuomintang's (KMT) engagement with Beijing, the opposition party's Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said at a think tank event in Washington, D.C. Monday.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) in a speech at the Washington-based Brookings Institution on Monday emphasized Taiwan’s need for enhanced defense capabilities, while adding that the party has always been pro-US.
“If you want peace, you have to prepare for war. Self-defense is No. 1 for peace and stability,” Chu said.
He offered three defense priorities for a future KMT administration: boosting asymmetric combat capabilities, arms purchases for emergency responses and raising the reserve mobilization mechanism to the Cabinet level.
It is wrong to label the KMT as being pro-China, as it has always been pro-US, he said, adding that
Taipei, June 6 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) reiterated the KMT's close historic ties to the United States and said the party continues to fight against communism and compete with the Chinese Communist Party over values and political systems, the KMT said in a statement Monday.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) has reiterated the KMT’s historically close ties with the US, saying that the party continues to fight against communism and compete with the Chinese Communist Party regarding values and political systems, the KMT said in a statement yesterday.
Chu, who is on an 11-day trip to the US, made the remarks during a visit to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California on Thursday, and highlighted that the KMT and the US share memories of fighting side by side.
The US and China, which was ruled by the KMT at the time, were