EDITORIAL: The irony of the KMT’s objectionsThe politics surrounding the government’s and the opposition’s referendum campaigns is throwing up supreme ironies that deserve comment, while also highlighting concerning — but entirely unsurprising — similarities between the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) tactics and the messaging of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the article, Ma compared the Tsai administration to the Ming Dynasty secret police agency, the Eastern Bureau (東廠). The irony of Ma’s evocation of the Eastern Bureau will not be lost on anyone aware of the conduct of the KMT’s one-party state prior to Taiwan’s democratization. Chu is either incapable of thinking long term or he has convinced himself that his party is doomed to perpetual opposition. The fact that the CCP and the KMT seem to be so close on this messaging is a cause for concern.

Source: Taipei Times December 16, 2021 16:35 UTC