not failed, he would have lost. the white blue alliance being the kuomintang and the taiwan people s party and the fact they didn t have an alliance going into this election which we spoke about with our previous guest. you mentioned then about the young people of taiwan and william lai having to listen to other voices. william lai having to listen to othervoices. identity william lai having to listen to other voices. identity as well plays a part in all of this, how do you think taiwan sees itself or what can be read into these election results about high taiwan identifies itself? how taiwan? for my generation, for the people who came of age of 2a years ago, taiwanese identity was subversive. it meant saying we won t chinese and we are going to acknowledge a0 years of martial law, we are going to embrace democracy, embrace freedom and i think taiwanese identity has lost that subversive edge for the younger generation who view it as self evident. i was born in taiwan, why wouldn t i
quite clever and at times signalling that they are more of a taiwanese identity and that he will shift back, ko wen ji. at least to the younger voters that i have talked to, they seemed to like that ambiguity in terms of identity and it also is linked to their masterful use of social media. they are able to tap into that. use of social media. they are able to tap into that. how would you rate their success to tap into that. how would you rate their success in to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms of to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms of this - their success in terms of this election because mike they are only a young party, they won a few seats in the last election, this is their second election. they have done better, is there hope for them to get more seats in legislature this year? get more seats in legislature this ear? , ~ , ., get more seats in legislature this ear?
the identity poles, the kmt in terms of core issues of how do people identify in terms of whether they are chinese, taiwanese, the kmt is losing support on that core fundamental issue. i think you do see that in the kmt s loss of numbers but also the rise of the tpp as this third, that they are siphoning away some of the votes from the kmt. i! siphoning away some of the votes from the kmt. from the kmt. if we talk about identity for from the kmt. if we talk about identity for taiwan from the kmt. if we talk about identity for taiwan and - from the kmt. if we talk about identity for taiwan and how - from the kmt. if we talk about. identity for taiwan and how they from the kmt. if we talk about - identity for taiwan and how they see themselves, in the context of a relationship with china, this new party, the taiwan people s party, has a lot of support from young people in taiwan that perhaps want a new path or want a bit of a change from the more established two parties of the dpp a