Taiwan's China-friendly opposition Kuomintang seeks makeover after election drubbing

TAIPEI - Driven out of China after losing a civil war, Taiwan's main opposition party faces another crisis following an election drubbing this month, seeking to re-invent itself and rethink its unpopular policy of trying to accommodate Beijing.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election by a landslide by positioning Taiwan as an independent country staunchly defending its democratic system against autocratic China. During campaigning the Kuomintang proposed returning to the"92 consensus", a vague deal it struck with the Chinese Communist Party in 1992, by which both agreed there is but one China, though each can have its own interpretation of the term.

"In comparison, 'Resisting China and protecting Taiwan' is a fancier slogan. We need to get a new name for the '92 consensus'."OTHER PROBLEMS AHEAD There is no obvious new leader, though possible candidates include Eric Chu, who stood unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2016, and Sean Lien, the US-educated son of a former vice president.Some are taking a more direct approach to the party's problems.

Adding to the gloom, the Kuomintang's presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu could face removal from his position as mayor of the southern city of Kaohsiung.

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