values and concepts,
are just passers-by in his heart.
Author: Chen Jiali
A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was authorized to announce sanctions on a group of "Taiwan independence" die-hards and other personnel included in the list on the 16th.
The list includes Hsiao Meiqin, Taiwan's "representative to the United States" who has been jumping around during Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, and Gu Lixiong, who has been "favored" by Tsai Ing-wen in recent years.
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Gu Lixiong is a lawyer. He rose from the Democratic Progressive Party's non-district public opinion representative to the secretary general of the Taiwan "Security Conference" in just 5 years.
This weird promotion route and speed are staggering.
Behind the scenes, he relied on his sharp tongue to help Chen Shui-bian settle the lawsuit, and worked hard to help Tsai Ing-wen "hunt down" the Kuomintang party assets. It can be said that he did all kinds of things.
What kind of "ghost" is this Gu Lixiong?
· Gu Lixiong.
Gu Lixiong, a second-generation provincial man who pursues "Taiwan independence", keeps a low profile on cross-strait issues, but that doesn't stop him from making dirty moves behind the scenes.
In 2021, Taiwanese media continued to hype that Gu Lixiong, secretary-general of Taiwan's "Security Conference", went to the United States to discuss the so-called renaming of Taiwan's "Representative Office in the United States" (referring to changing the official name of the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office" to the "Taiwan Representative Office").
In June 2022, before Pelosi visited Taiwan, he led a delegation to the United States to participate in the "Monterey Talks" military dialogue.
It can be seen that Gu Lixiong's figure is indispensable from the controversy over the name change of the US-based institutions to the military collusion between Taiwan and the United States.
" Strait Herald " analyzed that Gu Lixiong was behind the scenes making suggestions for "Taiwan independence" and had a very bad impact on cross-strait relations. Gu Lixiong's sanction was not an accident.
· Gu Lixiong.
Gu Lixiong, who works for the Democratic Progressive Party, has a complicated political background.
He was born in Taiwan in 1958 to a "provincial" family. His parents were both from Shanghai, and his political leanings were "dark blue".
But since his "debut", he has been very close to the DPP, claiming to belong to the "dark green" sector.
After graduating from the Law Department of National Taiwan University, Gu Lixiong worked as a lawyer for decades. Fighting Chen Shui-bian's election lawsuit helped him earn a lot of fame on the island.
Not only Chen Shui-bian himself, but also the series of corruption and fraud cases involving his daughter and son-in-law were all handled by Gu Lixiong.
For this reason, he is regarded as the "Queen Lawyer" of Chen Shui-bian's family.
In addition, when many politicians and celebrities on the island encounter difficult lawsuits, especially major cases related to Green Camp, the first thing they think of is Gu Lixiong. The relationship between
and Green Camp became closer and closer, and Gu Lixiong began to think about entering politics.
At the end of 2013, under the inducement of Tsai Ing-wen and Su Zhenchang, 55-year-old Gu Lixiong participated in the Taipei mayoral primary election within the Democratic Progressive Party. As a result, the poll support rate was only 3%, and he could only be eliminated in despair.
· Tsai Ing-wen (first from right) supports Gu Lixiong (middle) to run for mayor of Taipei.
At that time, Gu Lixiong even boasted about Haikou, claiming that after becoming mayor, he must "make Taipei citizens feel happy."
But before the people of Taipei could live a happy life, his family relationship collapsed first.
According to Taiwanese media reports, Gu Lixiong’s mother became furious when she learned that her son was running for the election, and even wanted to sever the relationship between mother and son.
There is only one reason. She believes that her son's association with the Democratic Progressive Party and "Taiwan independence" elements is disgraceful and insulting to the family tradition.
Later, according to Gu Lixiong's own revelations, not only was his mother so angry that he even refused to sit at the same table with his two sons, and deliberately stayed fifty meters away from him while walking on the road.
"KMT killer"
Although the "first shot" of running for mayor of Taipei was misfired, but because he is close to Tsai Ing-wen, Gu Lixiong has no worries about his official career.
In January 2016, Tsai Ing-wen arranged for Gu Lixiong to serve as the DPP’s non-district public opinion representative. In September of that year, he was transferred to the chairmanship of Taiwan's " Improper Party Property Handling Committee" (hereinafter referred to as the "Party Property Committee").
The main task of this "Party Assets Association" is to "recover" the Kuomintang Party assets on a large scale.
From this, Gu Lixiong began to move through the officialdom as a "DPP thug".
· Gu Lixiong.
After taking office, he showed an air of being someone not to be trifled with:
At the press conference, he angrily attacked reporters. The "arrogance of power" is evident. He also made harsh words - "We will complete the zeroing out of the Kuomintang's improper party assets within half a year!"
For more than a year, Gu Lixiong lived up to Tsai Ing-wen's high expectations and spared no effort to "hunt down" the Kuomintang party assets, holding a total of 8 hearings and 4 preparatory hearings.
From freezing the Kuomintang’s bank accounts, to re-investigating past cases of the Kuomintang selling party assets, to seizing the Kuomintang-owned “China Investment” Company and Xinyutai Company, a series of actions put the Kuomintang’s financial situation into embarrassment.
made the Kuomintang "suffering". Gu Lixiong played an indispensable role in the DPP, so he was dubbed the "Kuomintang killer".
· Tsai Ing-wen and Gu Lixiong.
Taiwanese freelance writer Peng Huixian described that Gu Lixiong suddenly became the chairman of the "Party Property Association", holding the power of life and death with one hand, and was full of pleasure:
"He looked down on the political world and was aggressive. He not only grabbed the Kuomintang in his hands and beat him at will. , and regard the law as nothing. He is as arrogant and complacent as the Japanese invaders who boasted that they "defeated China in three months" '... "
However, Gu Lixiong, who knows the law, how to play it, and how to play it, has also fallen behind. .
The Kuomintang was dissatisfied with the determination of the "Party Property Council" and filed administrative lawsuits many times and launched a legal counterattack. Gu Lixiong's tragic record of "four losing cases" also once made him lose face as a former barrister.
Now learning and selling now makes a joke
According to Southeast TV " Taiwan News Face " program guest and current affairs commentator Huang Weihan, Gu Lixiong's appointment as the chairman of the "Party Industry Association" is a very long "interview". He spent a year proving to Tsai Ing-wen that he is of great use and is an " excellent killer".
In 2017, Gu Lixiong suddenly became the chairman of the "Financial Supervision and Administration Commission" (hereinafter referred to as the "Financial Supervisory Commission").
The responsibilities of the "Financial Supervisory Commission" are not only to maintain financial stability on the island, but also to promote the development of the island's financial market and industry.
Why should Gu Lixiong, who has no financial background, take on this important task?
There was almost a quarrel on the island.
Since the news of the appointment came out the day before the Ghost Ghost Festival, former "legislator" Qiu Yi of the Kuomintang directly satirized, "On the Ghost Ghost Festival, the door of hell is wide open" and "all kinds of ghosts dare to use it."
Former "Financial Supervisory Commission" chairman Zeng Mingzong said, "It's so funny." This is equivalent to just grabbing anyone from the street and taking office. It simply despises the financial profession.
Hong Mengkai, deputy spokesperson of the Kuomintang Cultural Affairs Bureau, directly revealed the "mystery" behind it: Gu Lixiong's promotion "relyed on meritorious deeds of stealing from political opponents."
· Tsai Ing-wen and Gu Lixiong.
Under the suspicion, it is said that Tsai Ing-wen will ask someone to help Gu Lixiong take classes to supplement him with relevant knowledge in financial majors.
Gu Lixiong slapped his chest and said, "I don't believe I can't learn it!"
But there are some things that are hard to learn and sell now.
On September 29, 2017, Gu Lixiong stood on the legislative body's consultation desk for the first time as the chairman of the "Financial Supervisory Commission". Zeng Mingzong asked him one after another professional questions: What are IPO (initial public offering), SPO (cash capital increase), ICO (Virtual Token Fundraising)?
"IPO is the company's initial offering. As for SPO, the concept of S... Well, my understanding that day was that this S is this..." Gu Lixiong hesitated and couldn't explain clearly.
· In September 2017, Gu Lixiong, the new chairman of the Taiwan authorities’ “Financial Supervisory Commission”, accepted an inquiry.
was unprofessional and made a big joke, but in front of the "master", it didn't matter.
On May 20, 2020, Tsai Ing-wen started her second "term". In the personnel layout list, Gu Lixiong once again became the biggest dark horse.
This time he received a new position as Secretary-General of Taiwan's "Security Conference", responsible for the security policy of the Taiwan authorities and mastering the "AB files" of political figures.
Sun Wen School Chief Principal Zhang Yazhong analyzed that although Gu Lixiong is the "second generation from other provinces", his past words and actions show that he is the leader of "Dongchang" and a die-hard supporter of "Taiwan independence"; He hates the Kuomintang, and the "hate-China ideology" has penetrated deep into his bones. In the future, the "national security" system under his leadership will implement the political line that Tsai Ing-wen is inconvenient to say, but it is what she wants in her heart.
In June this year, Gu Lixiong showed signs of promotion.
After he led a delegation to the United States to participate in the "Monterey Talks" between Taiwan and the United States, Taiwan's "China Times" reported that Chen Wenzheng, known as the "godfather of the military," had been leading the delegation before, but now he was led by Gu Lixiong. , indicating that the military staff Tsai Ing-wen relies on has been replaced by Gu Lixiong. Whether Gu Lixiong will serve as the first civilian-born head of the defense department during Tsai Ing-wen's term at the end of this year deserves close attention.
As Tsai Ing-wen’s most popular person, it is not surprising that Gu Lixiong takes up any position.
Taiwan Strait Network quoted senior media person Chen Huiwen as saying that even if Gu Lixiong succeeds Tsai Ing-wen in 2024, it will not be surprising.
"The most powerful couple"
As the saying goes, "If you are not a family, you will not enter the same family." Gu Lixiong is not the only one who receives Tsai Ing-wen's love.
Gu Lixiong’s wife, Wang Meihua, is a classmate with him. Wang Meihua has also been promoted by Tsai Ing-wen in recent years and is now the head of Taiwan’s economic department.
Speaking of Wang Meihua’s official career, by coincidence, she almost synchronized with her husband.
During Chen Shui-bian’s tenure, in just two years, Wang Meihua made a “triple jump” from the leader of Taiwan’s economic department to the director of the Intellectual Property Bureau, becoming the first female director.
After Tsai Ing-wen took office in July 2016, Wang Meihua was promoted again and promoted to executive deputy director of Taiwan’s economic department.
On October 5, 2017, Wang Meihua and her husband Gu Lixiong, who was the chairman of Taiwan's "Financial Management Commission" at the time, went to Taiwan's legislative body to submit inquiries. Such a husband and wife team on the same stage raised questions about "inbreeding."
· Gu Lixiong and Wang Meihua accept inquiries.
Today, one is the powerful secretary-general of Taiwan’s security department, and the other is the powerful head of Taiwan’s economic department. Gu Lixiong and Wang Meihua have become the most powerful couple in the Taiwan authorities.
According to the "Integrity Special Issue" published by Taiwan's supervisory agency in 2017, Gu Lixiong, the then chairman of the "Party Property Association", and his wife not only owned 11 real estate properties and more than 65 million yuan in deposits New Taiwan dollars (approximately 14.69 million yuan) RMB), he even invested in famous paintings and watches, and even bought a lot of Hon Hai stocks as trusts, making him worth hundreds of millions.
A couple who were lawyers, they used all means to be loyal to the top figures of the Democratic Progressive Party, making money and gaining power.
·王美花.
As early as 2016, Kuomintang "legislator" Yang Zhenhao revealed the true face of "Green Party celebrity" Gu Lixiong when he was preparing for inquiries in the legislative body.
Yang Zhenwu: Could you please tell me what number 0030329213 is?
Gu Lixiong: What is it?
Yang Zhenwu: This is your Kuomintang party certificate number from that year.
Because it was widely circulated at the time that it was best to be a member of the Kuomintang if you wanted to join the army. Gu Lixiong was also very cunning. After joining the army, he no longer needed a party certificate, so he immediately tore it up and quit the Kuomintang.
Yang Zhenwu put it bluntly: The DPP should be careful. When the DPP loses power, Gu Lixiong may abandon the political party he is attached to today, because values and ideas are just passers-by in his heart.
Sources: "Strait Herald", "China Times", China Taiwan Net, Taiwan Strait Net, Southeast TV, Straits TV, etc.
