China-Taiwan Weekly Update, September 23, 2023
September 23, 2023 - ISW PressTerry Gou aims to unify with the Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) against the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of the 2024 presidential election and is unlikely to succeed in bridging differences between the parties.
The consensus among the major Taiwanese political parties to defend the Republic of China’s sovereignty provides the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with opportunities to advance its coercive unification campaign.
The CCP purged Defense Minister Li Shangfu in September 2023 following investigations into corrupt equipment procurement.