KMT still dominated by foreign elements

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The race between Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (???) and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (???) for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairmanship is entering its final stage.

The question of whether or not the KMT is a party that only represents Mainlanders has recently become a topic of heated discussion.

As a Mainlander living in Taiwan, I would like to provide my views on the question: The KMT is indeed a party dominated by a handful of narrow-minded, obstinate and repulsive Mainlanders. Although the KMT rank- and-file is mainly composed of Hoklo and Hakka, it is still considered by many of them a party that belongs solely to Mainlanders.

During the political unrest following last year's presidential election, the mob supportive of the pan-blue camp lingered on Ketagalan Boulevard for weeks and targeted the KMT's Hoklo political figures for verbal abuse and intimidation.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/07/16/2003263773