TAIPEI: The Kuomintang party dominated Taiwan for decades with its wealth and an iron fist—but now it is battling to keep a foothold in the island’s shifting political landscape.

Founded by Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and later led by nationalist Chiang Kai-shek, the KMT is at its lowest ebb in its more than 100-year history as it prepares to select a new leader Saturday.

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