In the past two months, Cao Xingcheng, the former leader in the semiconductor field in Taiwan, can be said to be a popular figure on Taiwan's island. He first proposed to donate 100 million US dollars to the Tsai Ing-wen government to improve the people's military literacy, and then claimed to train millions of civilian armed personnel to deal with the mainland. Now he is even more crazy about donating millions of drones, and all kinds of absurd remarks are irrational. Cao Xingcheng was a famous unificationist during the Chen Shui-bian period. He once advocated the launch of the "referendum on unification" and the "Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law". He also bluntly said: "Referendum on the morning and unification in the afternoon." However, Cao Xingcheng began to change his position in the middle and late stages of Ma Ying-jeou's rule and continued to attack the "1992 Consensus." Now Cao Xingcheng is becoming more and more powerful, becoming a pawn of the Democratic Progressive Party, specifically attacking the mainland. What exactly caused his transformation, and what is the specific situation, let me tell you slowly.
Cao Xingcheng
How is Cao Xingcheng's dream of "red-topped businessman" broken
1974, Cao Xingcheng, who had just graduated from the master's degree from Taiwan Jiaotong University, entered the Taiwan Institute of Industrial Technology, an official institution run by the Kuomintang. Industrial Technology Research Institute was first run by Sun Yun-chi, the head of Taiwan's economic department, and is equivalent to a public institution in the mainland. In 1976, Cao Xingcheng was sent to Silicon Valley, USA to learn semiconductor technology. In 1982, Lianhua Electronics, the first integrated circuit company in Taiwan, was officially established. After Cao Xingcheng returned to Taiwan, he became the deputy general manager of the company. In 1991, he became the general manager and chairman, and took charge of Lianhua Electronics for 14 years. It can be said that Cao Xingcheng's success is closely related to the political arena on Taiwan. He is a figure who is both an official and a businessman on Taiwan. In 1996, he became Lee Teng-hui's policy adviser and had a closer observation and understanding of Taiwan's top leaders. Although he has been working hard in the business world for many years, Cao Xingcheng obviously prefers to talk about politics compared to Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC.
Zhang Zhongmou
Around 2000, Lianhua Electronics began to invest in and set up factories in mainland China and also established a company in Suzhou. At that time, there were explicit regulations on Taiwan’s island that the semiconductor technology industry was not allowed to open factories in the mainland for technology transfer. Therefore, Xu Jianhua, the head of this plan, and others, were arrested by the Chen Shui-bian authorities of the DPP in 2005, and Cao Xingcheng was also in danger. Cao Xingcheng searched for politicians on Taiwan's island, hoping to get out of the quagmire of lawsuits as soon as possible. It is in this context that Cao Xingcheng began to raise the banner of support for unification on Taiwan Island. He realized that only by truly gaining power could one gain greater space for existence between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the most easiest political topic at that time was the issue of unification and independence between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. In 2007, Cao Xingcheng scolded Chen Shui-bian and Lee Teng-hui in the media and broke up with him publicly. His evaluation of Chen Shui-bian is: " fools the people and defrauds of power" . At the same time, he also found that the Taiwanese people at that time wanted peaceful exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, so he proposed the "Second-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law". This operation model is to attract the support of the people and is a common means in the election.
Chen Shui-bian
At the same time, he also called for a "unified referendum" in accordance with Chen Shui-bian's "referendum to join the United Nations". Cao Xingcheng said it very directly: ", the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will be able to hold a unified referendum in the future. The vote will be 8 am and the unification will be 6 pm. ." This statement is obviously for the mainland to hear, that is, the olive branch is thrown to the mainland, hoping to win the attention of the mainland. Cao Xingcheng hopes that he can gain a place after unification, and even take over Taiwan's bull'er and control one side. Mainland China pointed out at the time: "The positive efforts made by anyone or any political party in Taiwan to oppose 'Taiwan independence' and promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations are worthy of recognition and encouragement." Cao Xingcheng's plan can be said to be half successful. On November 12, 2007, before Ma Ying-jeou took office, Cao Xingcheng once again bought a large advertisement in Taiwan. He called for: "It is recommended to formulate a 'Class of Peaceful Coexistence Law'". Ma Ying-jeou also said that once he comes to power, he will inevitably promote cross-strait peace negotiations. However, Ma Ying-jeou is very smart. After he came to power, he only valued his aides to communicate with the mainland, excluded Cao Xingcheng, and replaced the "Second-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law" with the "1992 Consensus".
Ma Ying-jeou
After Ma Ying-jeou came to power, cross-strait relations have been significantly eased, but there is no seat for Cao Xingcheng, which makes him very unwilling to accept it. So Cao Xingcheng used his huge financial resources to actively operate, and even auctioned his private collection "Qing Qianlong imperial material color painting Western mother and son picture pen holder" during the Wenchuan earthquake, and received 65 million yuan. He donated most of the donations directly to the earthquake-stricken areas, which made his image on the mainland very positive. Cao Xingcheng hopes to enter the political arena again through this relationship, and even get a one-and-a-half-position position in the mainland. So he took out his "Second-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law" and "Unified Referendum" to sell it in the mainland, but he didn't expect that he still encountered walls everywhere. In a self-report in recent years, Cao Xingcheng said:
"I have exchanged opinions with mainland scholars many times, and their opposition is that 'The issue of sovereignty cannot be a referendum'. My answer is that there is no sovereignty problem between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, unless the mainland regards Taiwanese as foreigners."
It is this opinion that made Cao Xingcheng extremely dissatisfied, and his argument also began to turn after many encounters in the mainland. Cross-strait peaceful exchanges for many years, and many active and progressive people on Taiwan have even entered the mainland's system, but Cao Xingcheng has gained nothing. "What you want but cannot get" should be one of the most important reasons for Cao Xingcheng's turn. His dream of "red-topped businessman" was shattered on both sides of the Taiwan Strait at the same time.
qing Qianlong imperial material color painting Western mother and son picture pen holder
Why did Cao Xingcheng suddenly jump out now
Cao Xingcheng's transformation roughly occurred around 2012, when he openly claimed that "I am neither an independent school nor an unification school." After , he began to vigorously criticize the "1992 Consensus" and denounced it as "nonsense". Why did he specifically attack the "1992 Consensus"? That is because the "1992 Consensus" squeezed out the space of his "Second-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law" and ruined Cao Xingcheng's official path. In 2016, Tsai Ing-wen defeated the Kuomintang and occupied the power on the island. Cao Xingcheng believed that he could make a comeback again. So he first pointed the gun at the Kuomintang's Hung Hsiu-chu and Su Qi in 2021, accusing them of "damaging Taiwan-US relations." Hung Hsiu-chu is the most recognized member of the mainland in the Kuomintang. Cao Xingcheng naturally wanted to point her sword at the mainland, which was equivalent to breaking the gap with the mainland. , and Su Qi was the proposer of the "1992 Consensus", Cao Xingcheng must have avenged his revenge in the past.
Su Qi
When time comes 2022, Cao Xingcheng tried his best to create political issues on the island of Taiwan and shouted wildly to the mainland. Cao Xingcheng has a very accurate grasp of the political trend. In 2007, when Taiwanese people wanted peace, he proposed the "Cross-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law" . Today, Taiwan society has a "anti-China" sentiment towards the mainland, so he attacked the mainland, which is completely a politician's trick. Whether it is his clamor for donating $100 million to Tsai Ing-wen in August 2022 for defense education, he will form a million militia and shooters, or now he will buy 1 million drones to deal with the mainland. This is actually a common "blank check" in politics, and it is a method used to deceive Taiwanese people. Taiwanese have long regarded Cao Xingcheng as a businessman rather than a politician, so they did not examine him with the eyes of politicians. This has made many people confused by the clumsy deceptions mentioned by Cao Xingcheng, making Cao Xingcheng truly a "anti-China pioneer" and gained a lot of fans.
Cao Xingcheng opened a short check
Why did Cao Xingcheng choose 2022 as the year for his full attack? This is also related to Lianhua Electronics Company. Cao Xingcheng has been in charge of Lianhua Electronics for 14 years and has feelings for this company. As early as 2007, when he proposed the "Second-Strait Peaceful Coexistence Law", he expressed his relevant ideas. He confessed back then: "I have already thought about it and will write down my observations on the cross-strait in the past two years, so I resigned from all directors of UMC to avoid the company's operations being affected. This will indeed affect the company and is not good for shareholders, but I have retired, so there is no problem." Cao Xingcheng has indeed withdrawn from UMC for many years, and even the title of honorary chairman has been revoked, and he does not even have the stock of UMC in his hands. , but he still didn't want to have an excessive impact on Unihua Electronics. This was the case back then and now. Unihua Electronics is different from TSMC. The 28nm chip it specializes in is not an area that the mainland relies heavily on. On the contrary, mainland companies and Lianhua Electronics are still in a competitive relationship, so Lianhua Electronics' revenue in mainland China continues to shrink.
2022 chip company revenue
In the first quarter of 2022, the revenue reports of major chip factories showed that TSMC accounted for 53.6%, while UMC only had 6.9%. That is why Cao Xingcheng attacked the mainland unscrupulously, and his words and deeds were even more extraordinary than many members of the DPP. From a historical background, Cao Xingcheng actually wanted to be the second Gu Zhenfu in his early years. In 1992, Gu Zhenfu was 75 years old when he participated in the "Wang-Gu talks", and Cao Xingcheng, born in 1947, was just 75 years old this year. has Gu Zhenfu's example in front, so Cao Xingcheng does not think he is old at all, and still spares no effort to jump in the political arena. However, neither Taiwan nor the mainland are willing to give him a world, which is the main reason for his dissatisfaction. He now donates money to Tsai Ing-wen, advocating the establishment of a so-called militia organization, which is actually to control the management of this civilian force. The rural sang group of the middle Qing Dynasty brought out the chief officials such as Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. Now Cao Xingcheng wants to do the same.
Cao Xingcheng and Shen Boyang
In addition to the political field, Cao Xingcheng also cooperated with Taipei University assistant professor Shen Boyang to expand the establishment of the "Black Bear Academy", which specializes in cultivating militias called "Black Bear Warriors". The academy is more like a fraud unit. In June 2022, they launched first aid kits, armbands, stickers and other products in the name of "Defending Taiwan". The package price is as high as NT$3,000 (678 yuan), but netizens found that the same product on the mainland platform is only NT$58 yuan. In addition to Cao Xingcheng, the institution also won over Shen Mingshi, the former director of the Security Department of the Defense Department, and Huang Zhixian's younger brother, and Su Ziyun, director of the Institute of Strategic and Resources of Tamkang University, cheered for him. This is obviously a scam targeting young people in Taiwan, and they should be harvested as "leeks". shows that more than 600 people have purchased first aid kits, and the amount involved is more than NT$1 million. After Cao Xingcheng came forward to escort him, many people went to the "Black Bear Academy" to participate in the shooting course. It has to be said that Cao Xingcheng is really a veteran in the business world. He makes political benefits on one hand and economic profits on the other.
Li Ao and Li Kan and his son
Cao Xingcheng spoke badly about the mainland because his selfish desires were not satisfied. This reminds me of Li Ao’s son Li Kan. This top student who studied at Peking University in mainland China for many years and was deeply cultivated by the mainland only attacked the mainland because of the hindrance of publishing Li Ao's books, and his words and deeds were extremely inferior. For a long time, Li Kan, Cao Xingcheng and others have enjoyed a lot of additional benefits to Taiwan from mainland China and have gained many benefits that ordinary people cannot obtain. , but they are not satisfied, and they really regard the mainland as an ATM that allows them to "take and ask for help" and make unreasonable demands. The mainland is a piece of Akagi for Taiwanese compatriots, but it also has its own principles and bottom lines, and it is impossible to meet all their requirements. and they revealed their true colors, and they blamed the mainland and showed their essential attributes of profit-oriented pursuit. This also reminds us that we must adhere to principles and bottom lines at any time. I believe that as long as we adhere to principles and work hard, we will be able to resolve the Taiwan issue as soon as possible.
