On Saturday, the Kuomintang’s (KMT) presidential candidate’s campaign event was in full flow. The host exclaimed, “Give me a president!” The crowd erupted in “Hou Yu-ih!” While Mr. Hou was watching, Jaw Shaw-kong, his running mate, grabbed the microphone and attacked the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which was in power. Which path are they following? The path to conflict “with a finger waving motion. “The road that leads Taiwan into danger, the road that leads to uncertainty!” With the 13th of January approaching, Taiwan’s presidential election, the KMT hopes to persuade people that there is only one option available to them: either war or peace with China. Although it advocates for “peaceful reunification,” Beijing asserts that the self-governing island is its own.
