Editing Pan-Blue Coalition (section)

=== Lee Teng-hui presidency: 1988–2000 ===
Throughout the 1990s, the Kuomintang (KMT) consisted of an uneasy relationship between those party members who had mainland China backgrounds (came from mainland China in 1949) and Taiwanese political elites, Taiwanese factions led by President [[Lee Teng-hui]], who supported a stronger [[Taiwanese identity]] and distinction from Chinese nationalism. Lee won the party control after the [[1990 Taiwan presidential election|indirect election in 1990]]. This led to a split in the early 1990s, when the [[New Party (Republic of China)|New Party]] was formed by the anti-Lee dissidents in the KMT. After the dissidents of KMT members left, the KMT remained loyal and with control by President Lee Teng-hui throughout his presidency.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

During the [[2000 Taiwan presidential election|2000 presidential election]], Lee Teng-hui arranged for [[Lien Chan]] to be nominated as Kuomintang candidate for president rather than the more popular [[James Soong]], who left the party and formed his own [[People First Party (Republic of China)|People First Party]] after both he and Lien were defeated by [[Chen Shui-bian]] in the presidential elections. Though Chen and the DPP won the presidency, pro-KMT lawmakers held 140 out of 225 seats in the [[Legislative Yuan]]. Soong and Lien later formed a coalition in opposition to the DPP [[minority government]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}