Research On The Reform Of Chinese Kuomintang Since

The early realization of unification is the common wish of all the Chinese posterity. Since 21 st century, Taiwan has entered a new stage of Democratic Politics on the peaceful power rotation of political parties. In just 16 years, Taiwan has achieved peaceful power rotation for three times and major changes of the political environment in Taiwan are directly related to the process of cross-strait peaceful reunification. The power rotation of political parties has become the normality in Taiwan’s political life. As insisting on “one China” principle, Kuomintang(KMT) has begun a comprehensive transformation of the party since it lost power in 2000, and it obtained the power again in 2008; while, the Kuomintang(KMT) lost the power again in 2016. Faced with the continuous expansion of “Taiwan Independence” forces, the Kuomintang(KMT), an important force of opposing to "Taiwan Independence", plays an important significance in the peaceful development of cross-strait based on its own reform and development.Combined with the changes of Taiwan’s Political Ecology in recent years, this paper will systematically illustrate the Kuomintang’s reform since 2000,analyze and evaluate its effect under the framework of the theory of party politics. The thesis is constructed as follows:Firstly, the introduction part concentrates on the topic’s significance, the literature review, the difficulty and the thinking of the thesis. In the first chapter, the thesis will introduce the historical background of the Kuomintang(KMT) from macroscopic to microscopic since it lost power in 2000, including the macro-historical background of the Taiwan’s politics, economy and society. It will also includes Kuomintang’s history of reform and innovation, as well as a direct result of a comprehensive reform crisis of the Kuomintang(KMT) who had reigned Taiwan for 50 years---lost the power of Taiwan at the first time in 2000. In the second chapter, the thesis will analyze the reform process in 16 years from the new century. The main content of the KMT’s reforms will be expounded by two stages, the opposition period from May 20, 2000 to May 19, 2008 and the ruling –party period from May 20, 2008 to May 19, 2016. In the third chapter, the thesis will analyze and evaluate the Kuomintang reform in the new century, including the effects of the reform of the KMT, the impact on cross-strait relations and Taiwan’s political ecology of KMT reform, as well as the analysis of deficiencies in the reform. In the last chapter, considering Taiwan leader election results in 2016, the thesis will intend to explore the prospect of the KMT’s second reform through analysis of the new political environment in Taiwan.