Taiwan’s presidential election 2016 – The Foreigner in Formosa

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Master Hsing Yun comes out against the KMT presidential candidate and in favor of Taiwan's main independence party:

Hsing … spoke with Tsai [Ying-wen] and called her “Taiwan’s Goddess Matsu,” saying that Tsai would definitely be elected president.

Sounds vaguely blasphemous to me – but I'm no Buddhist, so what the hell do I know?

Buddhist master Hsing Yun jumps ship, from the KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin to the boat of Tsai Ying-wen (the DPP's candidate).

(Hsing Yun leaps into Tsai Ying-wen's boat (DPP) from Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin (KMT). Tsai appears thrilled with his endorsement. Image from Holy Mosquito)

POSTSCRIPT: Ha. I take it that's KMT chairman emeritus Lien Chan dressed in a People's Liberation Army officer uniform on Holy Mosquito's cover photo.

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KMT-Affiliated Buddhist Monk Jumps Ship