Kuomintang Party

It is wrong to label Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) as being pro-China as it has always been pro-US and is dedicated to defending the island though also to talking to Beijing, its chairman said in Washington.

Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing U.S. pork imports.

The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, once governed all of China, but fled to Taiwan in 1949 after being defeated in a civil war with China's Communists.

Watching her boisterous twin toddlers romp around the living room, Hope Chen worries what would happen to them if she ever fell seriously ill or had an accident.

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan's main opposition party will become the island's first female president after the ruling Kuomintang conceded defeat in polls today, as voters turned their backs on closer China ties.

Taiwan's presidential elections in January are expected to usher in a new political era, and many hope it will also see the island become the first Asian power to legalise same-sex marriage.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has hit back at opponents who have accused him of selling out by holding a historic summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate retains a big lead ahead of upcoming elections, according to two opinion polls released today, despite a historic summit between President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A weekend meeting between the leaders of Taiwan and China is aimed at further normalising relations between the two sides, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said today.

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) ousted its own presidential candidate today as the deeply divided party struggles for public support ahead of the vote.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.

Around 200 students protested outside Taiwan's education ministry today against what they say are "China-centric" changes to the school curriculum.

Known as 'xiao-la-jiao' or 'little hot pepper' for her straight-talking style, unlikely presidential hopeful Hung Hsiu-chu encapsulates the crisis facing Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the sharp divisions in the island's politics.

Dumped outside Chiang Kai-shek's mausoleum in Taiwan are nearly 200 unwanted statues of the Nationalist Party hero, a suggestion of the punishment his party faces in January elections for pushing the self-ruled island too close to political foe China.

Taiwan's embattled ruling party was struggling to find a high-profile presidential candidate for key 2016 elections after its chief vowed today to stand by his pledge not to run.

It is wrong to label Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) as being pro-China as it has always been pro-US and is dedicated to defending the island though also to talking to Beijing, its chairman said in Washington.

Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing U.S. pork imports.

The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, once governed all of China, but fled to Taiwan in 1949 after being defeated in a civil war with China's Communists.

Watching her boisterous twin toddlers romp around the living room, Hope Chen worries what would happen to them if she ever fell seriously ill or had an accident.

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan's main opposition party will become the island's first female president after the ruling Kuomintang conceded defeat in polls today, as voters turned their backs on closer China ties.

Taiwan's presidential elections in January are expected to usher in a new political era, and many hope it will also see the island become the first Asian power to legalise same-sex marriage.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has hit back at opponents who have accused him of selling out by holding a historic summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate retains a big lead ahead of upcoming elections, according to two opinion polls released today, despite a historic summit between President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A weekend meeting between the leaders of Taiwan and China is aimed at further normalising relations between the two sides, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said today.

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) ousted its own presidential candidate today as the deeply divided party struggles for public support ahead of the vote.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early today calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum.

Around 200 students protested outside Taiwan's education ministry today against what they say are "China-centric" changes to the school curriculum.

Known as 'xiao-la-jiao' or 'little hot pepper' for her straight-talking style, unlikely presidential hopeful Hung Hsiu-chu encapsulates the crisis facing Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the sharp divisions in the island's politics.

Dumped outside Chiang Kai-shek's mausoleum in Taiwan are nearly 200 unwanted statues of the Nationalist Party hero, a suggestion of the punishment his party faces in January elections for pushing the self-ruled island too close to political foe China.

Taiwan's embattled ruling party was struggling to find a high-profile presidential candidate for key 2016 elections after its chief vowed today to stand by his pledge not to run.