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The Nationalists are not in power anymore.
The current debacle is regarding a referendum whether or not the Taiwanese govt. should ask China to aim it's missiles elsewhere. In essence, complete populist bullshit.
The current Taiwanese government wants an independent Taiwan, but that and the White Terror during the KMT years are pretty much the only things they have going for them. They don't want to give up the joker they have up the sleeve this early on.
Giving the island the name "Taiwan", would mean a complete step away from any China-policy. One of the conditions China has imposed is that there is no name change, since it would mean a step away from the original policies.
The Nationalists and the Communist party have been giving each other handjobs for quite some time anyway. The Status Quo is a pretty damn good agreement. China doesn't lose face or power, and Taiwan is able to function as an independent country, apart from not entering state-organizations.
The referendum is a big joke anyway - it will be the later referendum on independence that might cause trouble.
For me, I just wish the asshats in Taiwanese politics would come up with a plan for the economy. Hell, saying ANYTHING that isn't about China, which in my eyes is a non-issue, would be a vast improvement. The current state of the democracy in Taiwan is a merger of the worst of the American mudslinging, and complete fucking silence.
As for China - the issue will solve itself, if given time. China will have enough problems soon enough. As for freedom - China is pretty much where Taiwan was 25 years ago.
As a resident in Taiwan, I wouldn't vote even if I could. None of the parties has taken the responsibilities of politics in a democracy seriously. The parliament is mafia-infested, and even though I read all three English-language newspapers every day, I have no idea where any party stands apart from the China issue, and a ridiculous scheme regarding how much money should be borrowed to get the economy moving.
Ask anybody who lived in Taiwan for a while about politics, and prepare yourself for a rant.
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