Dennis Wilder...noted that she had impressed her US audiences with her ability to articulate her views on cross-strait relations. “But there is a great deal of suspicion that she is being exploited by Beijing...This is more a factor of US suspicion of Xi Jinping’s commitment to peaceful unification. There is a bias in Washington that she is too far outside the KMT norm. But some are wondering whether this analysis is too narrow, given that, worldwide, democracies are electing unconventional candidates. But I do believe there is a sense that she should be taken seriously, even if only because she could be an effective tool of Beijing.”
‘Charismatic but naive’: Taiwanese opposition KMT chief’s peacemaker pitch leaves US unimpressed straitstimes.com/world/unite…