KMT seeks next leader as Taiwan's political drama simmers

Internal race highlights opposition party's challenge of calibrating stance on China

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Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan's largest opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), makes a speech during celebrations of the party's 130th anniversary in November 2024. He has said he does not plan to run for a third term, although politics watchers are not counting him out. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU

TAICHUNG, Taiwan -- The Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's former ruler and now the main opposition party, is turning its focus to an internal chairmanship vote after obliterating a campaign that tried to unseat dozens of its lawmakers in recall elections this summer.

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