Current law requires elected officials to prove they renounced their former citizenship – which is impossible for those born on the mainland.

Taiwan’s main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) has launched a drive to change the law so that people born on the Chinese mainland and who are married to Taiwanese citizens can hold public office. The move – almost certain to clear the opposition-controlled legislature – has triggered an intense debate over the island’s security and identity. At the centre is a KMT proposal to amend both the Nationality Act and the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland…

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