KMT caucus whip says Han wave’s time is overBy Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reporterIt is time to say goodbye to the “Han wave,” Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) said yesterday, following the party’s defeat in the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election on Saturday. The “Han wave” refers to former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu’s (韓國瑜) sudden rise in popularity during the 2018 nine-in-one elections. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times“Treat it [the Han wave] as a legend,” Lin wrote, adding that the KMT should make changes and work hard to regain the public’s trust. The “Han wave” had been the KMT mainstream, but that was no longer the case, he said. The KMT could not even hold on to its base, proof that the “Han wave” could no longer be seen as the KMT’s “savior,” Lin said.

Source: Taipei Times August 16, 2020 15:56 UTC