"传统上,亲民党被视为是泛蓝阵营,在民进党执政时期是台湾第三大党。但是在国家认同上,它的立场和对手新党相比,显得模糊许多。再者,在2012年立委和总统选举中,亲民党和国民党分裂,亲民党代表在电视call in节目上蓝绿都批评。[In m opinion, it had to--for its dignity--because party head James Soong 宋楚瑜 was running for president.]
Note:
(a) I can not find an English version--and probably there is none.
(b)
(i) Dr Daffydd Fell, Departmnt of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, undated www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30933.php
(reader, with special reference to Taiwan)
(ii) SOAS is on of the 18 constituent colleges of University of London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London
(section 3.1 Colleges)
(iii) reader (academic rank)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader_(academic_rank)
(In the British ranking, a reader could be seen as a professor without a chair)
I know nothing about the CURRENT election system(s).
(d) "人民民主阵线这个可被广泛归为左派的政党 * * * [its] 候选人不管有没有参选过,都具有丰富的社会运动经验。民阵特别强调一些小众议题例如移民、性工作者、游民、身障者。 * * * 这些被忽视的社会议题"