On Saturday, July 26, all 24 legislators from Taiwan’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) who were up for recall survived the vote, heading off an unprecedented effort to replace legislators elected just last year. The failure of the “Great Recall” campaign will likely embolden the KMT to fiercely oppose President Lai Ching-te’s agenda. It also raises an important unknown in U.S.-Taiwan relations and may lower the temperature of cross-Strait relations.
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