Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) vice chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌), a former Taipei mayor, on Sunday said that the KMT and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) would benefit from joining forces in the Taipei mayoral election later this year. National Policy Foundation vice chairman Sean Lien (連勝文), the KMT candidate in the 2014 Taipei mayoral race, and Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) have also given their support to the idea. Hau, Lien and Jaw, to varying degrees, represent the KMT leadership position. Their support appears to be a concerted effort to promote the idea. However, there is