Editing New Party (Taiwan) (section)

== Ideology and policies ==
The New Party considered to be to be a right-wing<ref>{{cite web |date=10 August 2015 |title=Former Taiwan president blasted for remarks on island dispute |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2015/08/03/former-taiwan-president-blasted-for-remarks-on-island-dispute/ |access-date=12 April 2020 |publisher=[[Inter Press Service]] |quote=On July 27, the chairman of Taiwan’s right-wing New Party, Yok Mu-ming quickly filed charges of treason against the 92-year-old over his remarks. China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reiterated the charge in a July 29 editorial entitled “Lee Teng-hui a traitor to his homeland.”}}</ref> or far-right political party.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHUKBAAAQBAJ&q=taiwan+far-right+NP&pg=PA44 |title=Political Changes in Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou: Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints and Security Challenges |date=2014 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781317755098 |editor=Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jacques deLisle |page=44 |quote=... even more radical positions at the far left (TSU) or far right (NP) of the spectrum.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiuHDAAAQBAJ&q=taiwan+New+Party+far-right&pg=PA129 |title=Working Women and State Policies in Taiwan: A Study in Political Economy |date=2000 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |isbn=9780230508873 |editor=Fen-ling Chen |quote=The New Party, which split from the KMT in 1994, is a conservative party and on the far Right.}}</ref> It strongly opposes [[Taiwan independence movement|Taiwanese independence]] and supports [[Chinese unification]].<ref name="scmp">{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amber |date=6 June 2023 |title=Beijing voices support for Taiwan's pro-unification forces in latest exchange |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3223137/beijing-voices-support-taiwans-pro-unification-forces-latest-exchange |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref> Since 1997, the NP has switched to the [[Chinese ultranationalist]] position,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8hHDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+NP%27s+shift+to+extreme+nationalist&pg=RA1-PT162 |author=Dafydd Fell |title=Government and Politics in Taiwan |quote=The NP's shift to extreme nationalist positions after the late 1990s was also a reaction to the widespread departure of party moderates and subsequent domination by extremists. In the case of the NP, it appears that defeats no longer have any effect; instead, it operates consistently.  |date=January 22, 2018 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-1-317-28506-9 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxIzDAAAQBAJ&dq=taiwan+NP+extreme+nationalist&pg=PT201 |author=Gunter Schubert |title=Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan |quote= ... the rise of Chinese nationalist radicals in the NP after 1997 meant the party continued its move towards more extreme positions even after electoral setbacks (Fell 2006b: 47-67) |date=May 20, 2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-66969-2 }}</ref> also considered [[United front in Taiwan|pro-Beijing]].<ref name="Bernice Lee">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XczbAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22pro-Beijing%22+%22New+Party%22&pg=PA1954 |author=Bernice Lee |title=The Security Implications of the New Taiwan |quote=Peng, the DPP's pro-independence challenger, secured 21%, while pro-Beijing New Party candidate Ling Tang-Kang polled only 15%. |date=September 13, 2013 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |pages=1954|isbn=978-1-136-06212-4 }}</ref>

In August 2019, New Party Chairman [[Yok Mu-ming]] announced a proposal to unify China under the "[[one country, two systems]]" principle. Under the party's plan, the [[China|People's Republic of China]] and the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] would be united as one country, and the country's name and flag would be determined by common consultations; Yok suggested "China" as the common name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-17 |title=新黨一國兩制台灣方案 主張和平統一國號中國 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/201908170206.aspx |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817174957/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/201908170206.aspx |archivedate=2019-08-17 |accessdate=2019-11-02 |publisher=中央社}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-17 |title=郁慕明：中國已實現三民主義 14億人都有飯吃 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2887849 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017031819/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2887849 |archivedate=2019-10-17 |accessdate=2019-10-17 |publisher=自由時報}}</ref> The proposal includes post-unification goals such as maintaining a [[Multi-party system|multi-party political system]], a legal ban on the Taiwanese independence movement, reducing the size of Taiwan's [[Republic of China Armed Forces|armed forces]], inclusion of Taiwanese representatives in China's delegation to the [[United Nations]], and integration of Taiwanese business in the [[Belt and Road Initiative]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-18 |title=新黨公布"一國兩制台灣方案" (全文) |trans-title=New Party Announces "One Country, Two Systems Taiwan Proposal" (Full Text) |url=http://hk.crntt.com/doc/1055/1/7/5/105517599_2.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=CRNTT.com}}</ref>