Editing Lin Yang-kang (section)

==Political career==
Lin began his political career in the 1960s. By 1990, he was a vice-chairman of the [[Kuomintang]]. Aligned with the "non-mainstream faction" that aimed to be less confrontational with the [[People's Republic of China]] than [[Lee Teng-hui]], Lin tried to replace Lee in the 1990 presidential election, with [[Chiang Wei-kuo]] as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eliason|first1=Marcus|title=Taiwanese ponder biggest every political choice|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S2lGAAAAIBAJ&pg=928,4108461&dq=lin+yang-kang&hl=en|accessdate=31 July 2015|work=The Daily Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=19 March 1996}}</ref>
 
He resigned his position as the head of the Judicial Yuan on 1 September 1994 to become a presidential advisor to [[Lee Teng-hui]]. Upon taking the appointment, Lin again declared his candidacy for Taiwan's first direct presidential elections, scheduled for 1996.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sheng|first1=Virginia|title=Assembly approves new Judicial Yuan chief as DPP boycotts vote|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=58539&CtNode=103|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=26 August 1994|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421212235/http://taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=58539&CtNode=103|archivedate=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, he was not chosen as the Kuomintang nominee.<ref name="cpcna">{{cite news|title=Veteran KMT heavyweight Lin Yang-kang dies aged 85|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/04/15/376061/Veteran-KMT.htm|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=China Post|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 April 2013}}</ref> Lin and [[Chen Li-an]] resisted calls to join forces and run as the [[New Party (Taiwan)|New Party]] ticket, choosing instead to run separately as independents. After considering [[Chang Feng-hsu]] as a running mate, Lin eventually chose former premier [[Hau Pei-tsun]], believing that Hau's background might attract more [[waishengren|mainlanders]]' votes for him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lin Yang-kang y Hau Pei-tsun se presentarán como candidatos a la presidencia|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/noticias/fp.asp?xItem=61092&CtNode=2074&mp=121|accessdate=28 March 2016|work=Taiwan Today|date=1995|language=Spanish}}</ref> However, Lin's pro-China and pro-[[Chinese reunification|reunification]] views during the [[Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]] caused many [[Taishang]] to vote against him,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schubert|first1=Gunter|title=Taiwan and The 'China Impact'|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317369158|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKU0CwAAQBAJ&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PT149}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Yang|first1=Fenggang|title=Chinese Christians in America|date=2010|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=9780271042527|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw1TV4VvY8IC&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PA42}}</ref> and the Lin–Hau ticket finished third with 14.9% of the vote.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clarke|first1=Adam W.|title=Taiwan-China: A Most Ticklish Standoff|date=2001|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=9781590330074|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TfxT2zjqbgC&q=Lin+Yang-kang+pro+unification&pg=PA101}}</ref> Chen ran with [[Wang Ching-feng]]. Both Chen and Lin were later expelled from the Kuomintang. He retired from political affairs and secluded himself in [[Taichung]] after this defeat. Lin resumed membership in the KMT in 2005.<ref name="cpcna"/>

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:left; margin:1em auto;"
|-
! colspan=5|[[1996 Republic of China presidential election|1996 Republic of China Presidential Election]] Result
|-
! President Candidate
! Vice President Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| '''[[Lee Teng-hui]]'''
| '''[[Lien Chan]]'''
| [[Image:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg|25px]] [[Kuomintang]]
|align=right|'''5,813,699'''
|align=right|'''54.0'''
|-
| [[Peng Ming-min]]
| [[Frank Hsieh]]
|  [[Democratic Progressive Party]]
|align=right|2,274,586
|align=right|21.1
|-
| Lin Yang-kang
| [[Hau Pei-tsun]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|align=right|1,603,790
|align=right|14.9
|-
| [[Chen Li-an]]
| [[Wang Ching-feng]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|align=right|1,074,044
|align=right|9.9
|-
|colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||align=right|117,160||
|-
|colspan=3|'''Total'''||align=right|'''10,883,279'''||align=right|'''100'''
|}