Pan-Blue Coalition

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The Pan-Blue Coalition is a political alliance in Taiwan led by the Kuomintang (KMT) that generally favors closer relations with mainland China and a more conservative stance on Taiwanese independence.

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Pan-Blue Coalition canonical 4
pan-Blue Coalition 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political alliance
political coalition
associatedLeader Eric Chu NERFINISHED
James Soong NERFINISHED
Lien Chan NERFINISHED
Ma Ying-jeou NERFINISHED
color blue
country Taiwan NERFINISHED
crossStraitPolicy supports closer relations with mainland China
economicPolicyTendency market-oriented reforms
pro-business policies
electoralBase Mainlander-descended population in Taiwan
business community in Taiwan
older voters in Taiwan
electoralStrategy coordination of candidates among member parties
joint endorsements in presidential elections
foreignPolicyView more favorable to engagement with People’s Republic of China
governingPeriod held Republic of China presidency 2000 and earlier for most years since 1949 via KMT
held Republic of China presidency 2008–2016 via KMT
historicalContext formed after 2000 Taiwan presidential election realignment
historicalOrigin split within Kuomintang in late 1990s
ideology Chinese nationalism
Chinese unification
conservatism
economic liberalism
language Chinese
languagePolicyTendency greater emphasis on Mandarin Chinese
leaderParty Kuomintang NERFINISHED
legislativeRole major bloc in Legislative Yuan
memberParty Kuomintang NERFINISHED
New Party NERFINISHED
People First Party NERFINISHED
nameOrigin derived from Kuomintang party color blue
opposedBy Democratic Progressive Party NERFINISHED
opposedCoalition Pan-Green Coalition NERFINISHED
opposesIdentity exclusive Taiwanese nationalism
opposesPolicy de jure independence of Taiwan
politicalPosition center-right
right-wing
region Taiwan NERFINISHED
shortName Pan-Blue NERFINISHED
socialPolicyTendency social conservatism
stanceOnTaiwanIndependence opposes formal Taiwanese independence
supportsIdentity Chinese cultural identity for Taiwanese
Republic of China national identity
supportsPolicy cross-strait dialogue
expanding cross-strait economic ties
maintaining Republic of China constitutional framework
usesScript Traditional Chinese

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Eric Chu affiliatedWith Pan-Blue Coalition
Johnny Chiang politicalAlignment Pan-Blue Coalition
this entity surface form: pan-Blue Coalition
Kuomintang headquarters, Taipei affiliation Pan-Blue Coalition
Hung Hsiu-chu ideology Pan-Blue Coalition
this entity surface form: pan-Blue Coalition
Wu Den-yih politicalAlignment Pan-Blue Coalition
Democratic Progressive Party rival Pan-Blue Coalition