Pan-Blue Coalition

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The Pan-Blue Coalition is a political alliance in Taiwan led by the Kuomintang (KMT) that generally favors closer relations with mainland China and a more conservative stance on Taiwanese independence.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pan-Blue Coalition canonical 5
pan-Blue Coalition 2
Pan-Blue 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political alliance ⓘ
political coalition ⓘ
associatedLeader Eric Chu ⓘ
James Soong ⓘ
Lien Chan ⓘ
Ma Ying-jeou ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
country Taiwan ⓘ
crossStraitPolicy supports closer relations with mainland China ⓘ
economicPolicyTendency market-oriented reforms ⓘ
pro-business policies ⓘ
electoralBase Mainlander-descended population in Taiwan ⓘ
business community in Taiwan ⓘ
older voters in Taiwan ⓘ
electoralStrategy coordination of candidates among member parties ⓘ
joint endorsements in presidential elections ⓘ
foreignPolicyView more favorable to engagement with People’s Republic of China ⓘ
governingPeriod held Republic of China presidency 2000 and earlier for most years since 1949 via KMT ⓘ
held Republic of China presidency 2008–2016 via KMT ⓘ
historicalContext formed after 2000 Taiwan presidential election realignment ⓘ
historicalOrigin split within Kuomintang in late 1990s ⓘ
ideology Chinese nationalism ⓘ
Chinese unification ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
economic liberalism ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
languagePolicyTendency greater emphasis on Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
leaderParty Kuomintang ⓘ
legislativeRole major bloc in Legislative Yuan ⓘ
memberParty Kuomintang ⓘ
New Party ⓘ
People First Party ⓘ
nameOrigin derived from Kuomintang party color blue ⓘ
opposedBy Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
opposedCoalition Pan-Green Coalition ⓘ
opposesIdentity exclusive Taiwanese nationalism ⓘ
opposesPolicy de jure independence of Taiwan ⓘ
politicalPosition center-right ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ
region Taiwan ⓘ
shortName Pan-Blue ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Blue Coalition
socialPolicyTendency social conservatism ⓘ
stanceOnTaiwanIndependence opposes formal Taiwanese independence ⓘ
supportsIdentity Chinese cultural identity for Taiwanese ⓘ
Republic of China national identity ⓘ
supportsPolicy cross-strait dialogue ⓘ
expanding cross-strait economic ties ⓘ
maintaining Republic of China constitutional framework ⓘ
usesScript Traditional Chinese ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eric Chu → affiliatedWith → Pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
Johnny Chiang → politicalAlignment → pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Blue Coalition
Kuomintang headquarters, Taipei → affiliation → Pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
Hung Hsiu-chu → ideology → pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Blue Coalition
Wu Den-yih → politicalAlignment → Pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
Democratic Progressive Party → rival → Pan-Blue Coalition ⓘ
Pan-Blue Coalition → shortName → Pan-Blue ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Blue Coalition
吳伯雄 → affiliation → 泛藍陣營 ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Blue Coalition