Source: Huaxia Jingwei.com
Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian
[Huaxia Jingwei.com Comprehensive Report] Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian recently proposed to merge Hsinchu counties and cities into the "seventh capital", which immediately attracted high attention and discussion among all parties. Tsai Ing-wen visited Hsinchu City for the first time on the 14th. Lin Zhijian and the DPP’s general convening party, Ke Jianming, who is strongly supporting Zhuzhu, stick to all the way and is in the same frame with Tsai Ing-wen, which has attracted the atmosphere of "the seventh capital, Hsinchu first". Lin Zhijian is moving towards the mayor of Greater Hsinchu.
◇ Why did Lin Zhijian abandon Hsinchu County and City merge?
Lin Zhijian has been the mayor of Hsinchu for nearly 8 years. He did not call for merger early or later, but he had to wait until his term of office was about to expire before he suddenly realized that Hsinchu counties and cities should merge. The former "Blue Committee" Sun Daqian said bluntly: "This is not for his own plan, who would believe it?"
Regarding the merger issue of Hsinchu counties and cities, Sun Daqian said that it is not that it cannot be merged, but that the merger should not be promoted based on the private interests of one party and one person, and it should not be promoted just to continue a person's political life. What is even more exaggerated is that for such naked political calculations, the population threshold for the original "upgradation" of county and city mergers must be lowered.
Sun Daqian pointed out that Lin Zhijian has frequently connected with Taoyuan City during this period. The media generally predicted that his real purpose is to test the waters for the election of Taoyuan Mayor. Is it because he has found that his chances of winning are not high, so he has to return to Hsinchu City to seek a way out and prepare to be a mayor of Wannian?
Faced with external doubts, Lin Zhijian was asked when he was interviewed by a radio station on the 13th, would he still choose if the merger is successful? Lin Zhijian did not hide his personal political aspirations and said, "Since it is mentioned, you should stay!"
◇ Will the merger issue still be born?
Lin Zhijian raised the issue of "Bamboo and Bamboo Merger" at the end of his term. His master Ke Jianming was in the middle and planned. Even though there were opposition voices within the green camp, a consensus has been formed within the Democratic Progressive Party and set the tone and promote it with all efforts.
DPP spokesman Liu Kangyan said that Hsinchu has unique advantages in its bamboo family. Upgrading to the "Seventh Capital" is the key to upgrading its competitiveness. I hope the Kuomintang will stop political operations, seize the golden opportunity, and let Hsinchu take the lead; the Democratic Progressive Party Group also pointed out that bamboo and bamboo are not due to personal matters, but are natural. As for Miaoli County, according to the plan, Xiangbei must allocate and develop with Hsinchu County and City and Taichung in the north. Now it is destined to merge with Hsinchu County and City, which is not necessarily fair to the people of the county.
The party affairs system and the party group tacitly divided the steps and attacked Lin Zhijian in a tacit way, which was due to Ke Jianming's operation and gave Lin Zhijian a solid backing. Even though the British "legislator" Chen Mingwen fired the first shot in the party, opposing the "law" for a single county and city, he advocated that the administrative region should be pursued that is consistent across Taiwan should be pursued. However, Ke Jianming has been in the middle and it is only a matter of time before and after.
Blue Camp people pointed out that Ke Jianming first promoted the merger of Hsinchu counties and cities for his son Lin Zhijian's political future, which clearly wanted to find another way for Lin Zhijian, who was about to serve as mayor for eight years but was unable to succeed him. "Ke Jianming's heart is not only known to everyone. He also claimed that it will be too late in 2022 and completely ignores the appearance of eating."
You Yinglong, chairman of the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, believes that power motivation is often the driving force for social progress and reform. From the media appearance, Lin Zhijian can choose, you know that it is just the beginning, but this will also cause a chain reaction in other counties and cities, catch the DPP off guard, resulting in the final birth of the reform before it even began, "I didn't eat mutton, which made me fishy."
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Will there be a “seventh capital” in Taiwan? What kind of "strategy" will the DPP use to resurrect the defeated ministry in the local elections that are not favored by the end of next year? Tsai Ing-wen's second term will be over half. What new alliances will the DPP, fight and alliances will be launched in various factions within the DPP that are waiting for opportunities and have plans? How to advance the hidden but tense competitive situation in 2024 with Lai Qingte and Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan? In the post-Tsai Ing-wen era, a new political map that is ready to go has emerged.
The China Times commented that Lin Zhijian was elected mayor of Hsinchu in 2014 and was successfully re-elected in 2018. He has never expressed his opinion on the "upgrading" of county and city merger in the past seven years. He suddenly raised the issue of Hsinchu county and city merger, and it is also proposed to revise the "law" before the 2022 local elections, which is like putting a bombs into the 2022 county and city mayor election, and has suffered from controversy over the organs. Whether in terms of timing, reasons, legal fairness or the inability to propose supporting plans, all explanations seem to be "no silver here".
County and city integration involves land planning and resource allocation. This is a major policy for society to seek long-term stability. It should not be hasty for the selfish interests of specific politicians and factions to make bamboo and bamboo integration a political arrangement to shoot archery first and then draw targets. Ke Jianming, the general convener of the Democratic Progressive Party, who also belongs to Hsinchu City, came forward to support this issue. British "legislator" Chen Mingwen opposed the amendment of the "law" for a single county and city. Tsai Ing-wen, who is also the chairman of the party, seems neutral on the surface, but is "happy to see" Lin Zhijian's initiative. It is worth noting that although there are constant controversies inside and outside the party, after recent behind-the-scenes operations, the official website of the DPP has recently expressed its support for the "Group of Da Hsinchu"; in the future, after party and government coordination, if the DPP forcefully crosses Guanshan and passes the "law" in the legislative body, and "upgrades" to produce Da Hsinchu City by the end of next year, implements a new election, and follows the trend to defeat the long-term stable Zhumiao political situation of the Blue Camp, and then defends Taoyuan City after Zheng Wencan's full term. This is not just Lin Zhijian's personal advance and retreat, but a far-reaching strategy for the entire North Taiwan layout.
