KMT rhetoric shifting to pro-China, silence on US under Cheng: academicBy Chen Yu-fu / Staff ReporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) approach toward the US has undergone a shift under the leadership of Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文), publicly evolving into a stance that is “pro-China, skeptical of the US and no longer anti-communist,” an academic said yesterday. “However, Cheng has so far not uttered the words ‘pro-US’ at all,” Chen said. Chen said that Ma consistently placed “closeness to the US” as a top priority, whereas the current KMT leadership no longer even mentions the concept. Chen added that Cheng, meanwhile, has not mentioned opposition to communism since assuming the party leadership. “The KMT’s party charter explicitly states opposition to communism,” Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times February 08, 2026 17:22 UTC