, which had cast the vote as a show of no confidence in the government.
Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang, or KMT, was thrashed in presidential and parliamentary elections last year, unable to shake accusations from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and President Tsai Ing-wen that the KMT was too close to China. The government approved the pork imports last year, hoping to remove a stumbling block for a free trade deal with its most important international backer the United States, where ractopamine is widely used, and show it is reliable partner.
Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)
Only goes to show that the more China threatens Taiwan, the more Taiwanese reject China
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