New Party (Taiwan)
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The New Party (NP; Chinese: 新黨; pinyin: Xīn Dǎng; Hakka: Sîn Tóng), formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP), is a Chinese nationalist political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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New Party 新黨 | |
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Chairman | Wu Cherng-dean |
Vice Chairman | Lee Sheng-feng |
Founder | Jaw Shaw-kong, Yok Mu-ming et al. |
Founded | August 22, 1993 |
Split from | Kuomintang |
Headquarters | Taipei |
Membership (2020) | at least 500[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
National affiliation | Pan-Blue Coalition |
Legislative Yuan | 0 / 113 |
Municipal mayors | 0 / 6 |
Magistrates/mayors | 0 / 16 |
Councilors | 1 / 912 |
Township/city mayors | 0 / 204 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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Traditional Chinese | 新黨 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新党 | ||||||||||||||
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The New Party was established in 1993 due to a split from the Kuomintang by members of the New Kuomintang Alliance, who were dissatisfied with Kuomintang Chairman Lee Teng-hui. In the 2000 presidential elections, the party symbolically nominated Li Ao as its candidate, but both Li and the party encouraged party members to support former Kuomintang member James Soong. It won one seat in the 2001 legislative elections, and saw significant support in the 2005–06 municipal elections, though its influence has waned since then.
The New Party is considered to be on the right-wing or the far-right of the political spectrum. It strongly supports unification with China under the "one country, two systems" formula and opposes Taiwanese independence.