Editing Kuomintang (section)

=== Chinese conservatism ===
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{{Conservatism in Taiwan}}
In modern Taiwanese politics, the Kuomintang is seen as a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref name="Qi-Shim" /> to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref name="Fell-Rigger-Ogasawara" /> political party. The Kuomintang believes in the values associated with [[History of the Kuomintang|conservatism]].<ref>{{cite web |date=17 August 2019 |title=It's Not Techno-Angst That's Driving East Asia to Abandon Nuclear Power |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/17/nuclear-power-japan-south-korea-japan-fukushima-disaster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717003302/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/17/nuclear-power-japan-south-korea-japan-fukushima-disaster/ |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |publisher=[[Foreign Policy]] |quote=In Taiwan, the conservative Kuomintang’s aging demographic base and support for closer ties with mainland China now appears out of touch with a younger electorate increasingly distrustful of China and hostile to reunification.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8zdiN_Z1x0C&pg=PA65 |title=Climate Affairs: A Primer |publisher=[[Island Press]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-59726-941-4 |editor-last=Glantz |editor-first=Mickey |page=65 |id=y8zdiN_Z1x0C&pg=PA65 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804023612/https://books.google.com/books |archive-date=4 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Kuomintang has a strong tradition of defending the established institutions of the Republic of China, such as defending Constitution of the Republic of China, defending the five branches of government (modeled on Sun Yat-sen's political philosophy of Three Principles of the People), espousing the [[One-China policy]] as a vital component for the Republic of China (ROC)'s international security and economic development, as opposed to [[Taiwanization]]. The Kuomintang claims to have a strong tradition of fighting to defend, preserve and revive traditional Chinese culture and religious freedom as well as advocating for Confucian values, [[economic liberalism]] and [[anti-communism]]. The KMT still sees the [[Republic of China]] in Taiwan as presenting the true cultural China which has preserved Chinese culture, as compared to the People's Republic of China which had experienced Chinese cultural destruction during the [[Cultural Revolution]].

Some Kuomintang conservatives see traditional social or [[family values]] as being threatened by [[Liberalism|liberal values]] and oppose same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Marriage Equality in Taiwan Hinges on Politics - In past electoral politics, marriage equality was seldom a dominant issue, but the landscape is shifting and some barriers to equality remain in place |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/marriage-equality-in-taiwan-hinges-on-politics/ |magazine=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |first=Zoe |last=Leung |date=23 June 2021 |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en |location=[[Washington, D.C.]], United States}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Gay marriage proposal set for review |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/marriage-equality-in-taiwan-hinges-on-politics/ |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |first=Lii |last=Wen |date=21 December 2014 |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en |location=[[Taipei]], Taiwan}}</ref> KMT conservatives are also typically against the abolishment of capital punishment, arguing the need to maintain deterrence against harsh crimes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=KMT slams new limitations on Taiwan death penalty |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5942075  |newspaper=[[Taiwan News]] |first=Jono |last=Thomson |date=25 September 2024 |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en |location=Taipei City}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=KMT lawmakers criticize death penalty court ruling |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202409260026 |last1=Fan |first1=Chen-hsiang |last2=Wang |first2=Yang-yu |last3=Kay |first3=Liu |agency=Central News Agency (Taiwan) |via=[[Focus Taiwan]] |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en |location=Taipei City}}</ref> Conservative KMT policies may also be characterized by a focus on maintaining the traditions and doctrine of Confucian thought, namely reinforcing the morals of paternalism and patriarchy in Taiwan's society. In terms of education policy, KMT policies advocate increasing more Classical Chinese content in Chinese education and Chinese history content in order to reinforce Chinese cultural identity, as opposed to de-sinicization attempts by advocates of Taiwan independence who typically decrease Classical Chinese and Chinese history content in schools in order to achieve [[Taiwanization]].