Post-Han KMT must cross barrierBy Tzou Jiing-wen 鄒景雯There is little doubt that Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has developed a political brand for himself, and it is possible that this “Han brand” will persist. Han won the former election, but lost the latter, and yet his brand remains the most marketable in Taiwanese politics that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has under its umbrella. It remains a viable option for the KMT, even though it did not help Han survive Saturday’s recall vote. The “Han Kuo-yu barrier” is the precedent set by the number of votes Han received in the last presidential election. Han may be unwashed and somewhat dazed by the recall drubbing, but who in the KMT can counter him, now a liability, when he returns to KMT headquarters?

Source: Taipei Times June 10, 2020 15:56 UTC