Is There Still Hope for the Kuomintang? ‘Guanzhang’ Pours Cold Water

From September 15 to 19 is the registration period for the Kuomintang chairman election. This election is not only a major event in Taiwan’s political scene, but also draws high attention from mainland China’s Taiwan-related institutions, media, experts, scholars, and many internet users. The number of candidates will be revealed on Friday. Of course, what the mainland, especially many internet users, are most concerned about is whether the new Kuomintang chairman will adhere to the One China principle and actively promote cross-strait unification. So far, only one person in Taiwan has answered this question: the Taiwanese internet sensation ‘Guanzhang’ (Chen Zhihan). He poured a large bucket of cold water toward the mainland by calling out to mainland internet users through social media: ‘I have to be honest with my friends from the mainland, the newly elected Kuomintang chairman…’ [1171 chars]