In the eyes of CCP, Cheng is more ideal than other KMT figures: defector id, no self-base, which leads to her natural dependence on the external (i.e. CN) (reminds me of @vicshih.bsky.social
's "coalitions of the weak"). We shall expect a more direct CCP influence over KMT in the future. (4/4)

3. Veteran KMT members are kingmakers. In 2016, KMT waived annual fees for old (>75yo + >40y in KMT)/poor members. Ratio of waiver members surged since then, making them decisive in party elections hereafter. They not only have higher turnout, but also higher CN proximity. (3/4)

2. As a “defector”, she (a) takes a radical stand (pro-U) to claim her loyalty, and (b) lacks her own support base within KMT. As a result, she will need extra support from existing factions (mostly from pro-unif flanks) for extra leverage to maintain her leadership. (2/4)

or I should say, I rmb the movie by its Chinese name rather than the English one lol

I wasn't aware of its English title until I saw this post...

Another famous cuisine in Tainan: eel noodles. Here's my to-go eel noodle place whenever I am in town:

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And I believe you already know the closure of Wonderful Theatre, but I think they still haven't torn down the place:
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In terms of beef soup, 榮吉 is one of the best:

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Whenever you visit Tainan (or Southern Taiwan in general), you should never miss out salted egg yolk ice pop (鹹蛋黃冰棒). I know it sounds weird you just can't miss this! (You can't even find it Taipei!) My personal favorite is 太陽牌. Check this out:

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There is even an empirical study on the mechanism of 和勇不分:

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I hope your intestines didn’t get burned too much

Sounds like a deja vu to me and many HKers. During the Sino-British negotiation of HK's future back in the early 1980s, Thatcher suggested "zhuquan in exchange for zhiquan" i.e. recognizing CN sovereignty over HK while keeping the British governance, but CN insisted this was unacceptable.