As I've often noted, the Western take on Taiwan is arguably worse than it's take on China in terms of either naivete and/or way too much subconscious ideological googles.
So anyone watching locally probably forsaw by around last month that the KMT was going to make a pretty big comeback and the results probably surpassed even most of the KMT supporter's expectations. There's a lot of complicated local dynamics that the cross-strait policy is a part of but hardly the main driver in that resulted in this outcome.
But of course, let's all just frame this as China stole Taiwan's election and watch Bonnie Glaser falling over herself still arguing that Tsai might still win re-election, she might, there have been crazier things that happened, but it's pretty irrational for a think tank person to project that as the likely outcome.
As I've often noted, the Western take on Taiwan is arguably worse than it's take on China in terms of either naivete and/or way too much subconscious ideological googles.
So anyone watching locally probably forsaw by around last month that the KMT was going to make a pretty big comeback and the results probably surpassed even most of the KMT supporter's expectations. There's a lot of complicated local dynamics that the cross-strait policy is a part of but hardly the main driver in that resulted in this outcome.
But of course, let's all just frame this as China stole Taiwan's election and watch Bonnie Glaser falling over herself still arguing that Tsai might still win re-election, she might, there have been crazier things that happened, but it's pretty irrational for a think tank person to project that as the likely outcome.
Seems another example of "Chicom's best friends are its incompetetent and/or delusional enemies".