Defeated in 1949 in its civil war against China’s pro-Communist forces, the Nationalist KMT, or Kuo Min-tang, party has had a victory. But it had to wait till last Sunday’s Taiwan mayoral elections, where it won 13 of Taiwan’s 23 district electorates.

Remarkably, the winner in the key election for the Taiwan capital, Taipei, was none other than Chiang Wan-an, the great grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, the defeated KMT leader in 1949. Even more remarkably, Chiang Kai-shek’s KMT today is seen as the peace party in the continuing conflict with the China from which it was forced to flee in 1949.

Taiwan backs Chiang Kai-shek’s great grandson in push for peace with Beijing - Pearls and Irritations (johnmenadue.com)