The mainland today (August 16) announced the second batch of "Taiwan independence diehard elements", including Xiao Meiqin, Gu Lixiong, Cai Qichang, Ke Jianming, Lin Feifan, Chen Jiaohua, Wang Dingyu and others. If You Xikun, Su Zhenchang and Wu Zhaoxie are the first evil elements of "Taiwan independence" released on November 5, 2021, then this wave of lists is more extensive, with a wider range of representation and a greater range of attacks. Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te are still not included in the list, which means that the mainland still has room for maneuver and maintains policy flexibility, giving the Taiwan authorities and the DPP the opportunity to stop.
This time, Xiao Meiqin was listed at the top of the list, which obviously pointed out that Xiao Meiqin was the "leading conspiracy" of the DPP authorities who caused the Taiwan Strait crisis during this visit to Pelosi in , , and also represents sanctions on the Tsai administration's foreign affairs system and represents a severe warning to the Tsai administration's collusion with external forces.
Xiao Meiqin was born in Japan in August 1971. Her father is Taiwanese and her mother is American. After graduating from a master's degree at Columbia University in the United States, she was excavated by Lu Xiulian and returned to Taiwan to join the Democratic Progressive Party. She was later valued by Chen Shui-bian. In 1995, 24-year-old Xiao Meiqin served as the CEO of the Democratic Progressive Party’s representative office in the United States, and was promoted to director of the Democratic Progressive Party’s International Affairs Department in 1997. In November 2000, Lu Xiulian revealed the rumor about the Cang Dynasty's scandal, implying that Chen Shui-bian and Xiao Meiqin had an ambiguous relationship.
After Xiao Meiqin was appointed as the "representative in the United States" by Tsai Ing-wen, she took advantage of her permanent residence in the United States and arranged everything to create the so-called "international voice" of Taiwan to improve "Taiwan's international visibility." In recent years, American politicians have frequently visited Taiwan, and Xiao Meiqin is considered to be the "first contribution" by the green camp. Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this time was made by the United States, but it is obvious that the Tsai Ing-wen authorities took the initiative to cooperate, and Xiao Meiqin was even more trying. It is reported that from February 2018 to April this year, Taiwan has contacted Pelosi 16 times through public relations companies, spending nearly US$3.15 million in total, including 8 contacts by Xiao Meiqin, Taiwan's economic department 5 contacts, and the DPP 3 contacts.
Gu Lixiong has always been the "monetary lawyer" of the leading figures in the green camp, and was also the heavy artillery thug of the DPP's pursuit of the Kuomintang. After Tsai Ing-wen came to power, she first appointed him as the first person in charge of the "Improper Party Property Committee", and later became a more powerful "Secretary-General of the National Security Council". She is regarded as Tsai Ing-wen's chief aide to the United States and cross-strait policies, and is specifically for Tsai Ing-wen to collide with cross-strait and connect with external forces.
Ke Jianming takes all the black and white in Taiwan's legislative body. He is known as the "eternal general call" of the DPP and is the "big party whip" of the DPP. The mainland has included it on the sanctions list, just like the sanctions on You Xikun, representing a blow to the "Taiwan independence" diehards in Taiwan's legislative system.
Tsai Qichang is the "vice president" of Taiwan's legislative body, and on the other hand, he is also a candidate for the mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party in the end of the year election. Wang Dingyu is also a representative of the deep green "Taiwan independence" public opinion. He once pushed Zhang Mingqing, then vice president of the Association for the Continental Association, toppled him into a popular overnight in Taiwan. Later, she became famous again because she "lived in the same room" with DPP female spokesman Yan Ruofang.
Lin Feifan is currently the deputy secretary-general of the DPP, a representative of the "Taiwan independence" youth, and the so-called "natural independence" Democratic Progressive Party youth army as Tsai Ing-wen calls it. In cross-strait relations, Lin Feifan's "anti-China" stance is extremely fierce and is a leading element in the "TY Flower" movement against the anti-service trade agreement.
Chen Jiaohua's identity is the chairman of the Party of "The Power of the Times". The mainland can interpret her sanctions list as a firm blow to the Democratic Progressive Party.
Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te have not yet entered the second wave of "Taiwan independence" die-hard elements, which does not mean that they are not stubborn enough, but a strategic consideration. From a political strategy point of view, the other party’s leaders will not be included in sanctions before the last moment. Many people even think that Cai and Lai are unforgivable, and Lai Ching-te once claimed to be a "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker."But they are the highest figures of the DPP after all, and there are several benefits to not include them for the time being: First, they make them feel guilty, fearful and anxious, because if this sword does not fall into the ground, they will be uneasy for a long time, which will also help differentiate the DPP and intensify their struggle; second, the mainland's policy to Taiwan has room for maneuver, maintaining policy flexibility, and also gives the Taiwan authorities and the DPP a chance to stop.
# Official: Implement sanctions on the "Taiwan independence" diehard elements#
