The new party that has the biggest chance of breaking out will be the one that gets the most seats in the legislature in the next election. The problem with all of these new parties is that they are all too far off the centre of the political spectrum.
The KMT is set to collapse into small party status, marginalized in the Taiwanese political scene. Afterwards, what is going to form as the opposition to the DPP? At this point, it is totally uncertain and largely up for grabs.
KMT presidential nominee Hung Hsiu-chu said that the student protesters “bu dongshi” (不懂事), that roughly translated means “they don’t get it, they’re just kids.” It neatly encapsulates the attitude of the very same system that created the curriculum controversy.