Talk:Taiwan Nationalists leader visits Beijing

The meaning of the following is not clear to someone such as myself who does not have knowledge of Taiwanese domestic politics. Who does he mean by 'ruling party'?

"The Chinese strategy is always divide and conquer, and the KMT is playing into China's hands," he told The New York Times and International Herald Tribune reporters. "It's very odd that they would cooperate with the Communist Party instead of the ruling party here on Taiwan," Wu said.

Can someone clarify what is meant? I located a link which explains to me who rules Taiwan right now, but to me it didn't help. Seems to me KMT in Taiwan *is* the ruling party, although DPP has some control. Does he mean DPP?Simeon 02:20, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan's President Chen is a member of the DPP, which is part of the pan-green coalition. However, his party doesn't have a majority in the legislative branch of Taiwan's government.

As part of the pan-blue coalition, the Nationalists hold a legislative majority, but that doesn't make them the ruling party, either, because they don't hold the presidency.

Therefore, Taiwan has a divided government, with the DPP ruling through executive power, while the pan-blue coalition (which includes the Nationalists) rules through legislative power.

The result is that the status quo is being maintained for the isssues on which these two sides disagree, such as moves towards more independence vs negotiations for reunification.

I hope I explained that correctly! (This story is difficult to write without offending Chinese mainlanders who believe that Chen shouldn't even hold the title "President". I linked to some editorials in some of the related Wikinews articles I wrote previously which address that point separately.) — DV 05:09, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

David, so would it be correct to do this?

"The Chinese strategy is always divide and conquer, and the KMT is playing into China's hands," he told The New York Times and International Herald Tribune reporters. "It's very odd that they would cooperate with the Communist Party instead of the [DPP] ruling party here on Taiwan," Wu said. - Simeon 04:29, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

More information please : Kuomindang-China deal

I just read than Kuomindang delegation made a deal in 10 point with china, but Taiwan official gouvernement not agree that. Have anyone some informations about that ? thanks