Taiwan was run by a military dictatorship until 1986 *edit: 1986 was a long time ago, but the point is that the KMT was a corrupt and unpopular government whic

Taiwan was run by a military dictatorship until 1986 *edit: 1986 was a long time ago, but the point is that the KMT was a corrupt and unpopular government which lost to the Communists, but the US held its nose and propped it up for 30+ years until Nixon needed a counterweight to the USSR and opened relations with China.