Taiwan's opposition KMT emerges stronger after fending off recalls

Party claims vindication while ruling DPP faces pressure to compromise

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Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu, left, makes a speech in Taipei while lawmakers celebrate after the party won recall elections on July 26. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU

TAICHUNG -- Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) is turning to fresh political possibilities and an upcoming internal leadership race, after the opposition party successfully fended off a campaign to unseat two dozen of its lawmakers.

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