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2021 has arrived, but many things that happened in 2020 are still rippling aftermath. Looking back at 2020, "Taiwan News Face" specially sorted out the major events that occurred in the island's political arena this year, took stock of the various characters that were shuttled through it, and produced a 2020 Taiwan politician list. The five politicians on the list, whether they are political voice, support, discussion or controversy, have a huge impact on Taiwan's political arena in 2020.
Taiwanese Politics of the Year 2020 - Tsai Ing-wen
Reason for being on the list: At the beginning of the year, he was criticized for being re-election with a high vote of 8.17 million at the end of the year and was criticized for being a "democratic dictatorship"
On January 11, 2020, Tsai Ing-wen defeated her opponents Kuang Yu and Song Chuyu with 8.17 million votes, and was successfully re-election. The news that she was determined to win the election brought her the highest peak of Taiwan's Internet voice in 2020.
. Just a few days after being elected, Tsai Ing-wen quickly officially signed the announcement of the "Anti-Osmosis Law". Although Tsai Ing-wen argued that the "Anti-Infiltration Law" is not an anti-exchange, the regulation hastily issued and its definition is vague, which seriously threatens cross-strait exchanges. It is an indisputable fact.
Tsai Ing-wen's authorities are considered to be moving towards "totalitarianism", and the "Zhongtian" incident is also an important factor. Since 0:00 a.m. on December 12, 2020, Zhongtian News disappeared from Taiwan's cable channel. This is the first time that a news channel in Taiwan has been detained for failing to change the photos.
Lightning announced the opening of imports of American pork containing ractopamine, namely clenbuterol, that is, the "Lai Pig" controversy, which has become another peak of Tsai Ing-wen's voice. Looking back on the Democratic Progressive Party's firm stance against the US pig when it was "opposed", Tsai Ing-wen said that she should open up just by "different time and space background", which is contrary to Taiwan's public opinion but insists on doing it alone.
In addition to opening up the import of "Lai Pigs", Tsai Ing-wen also asked her cousin Wu Minghong to serve as the "President of the Supreme Administrative Court" of Taiwan, which once again aroused doubts from Taiwanese society about its dictatorial nature.
On December 26, 2020, Hong Kong's "Asia Weekly" took Tsai Ing-wen wearing a dragon robe as the cover and titled "Behind the Scenes of Taiwan's elected dictatorship, the New Principle of Green Camp" to report on the truth about Taiwan's "elected dictatorship".
December 29, 2020, the latest poll by the Taiwan Popular Opinion Foundation of the Pro-Green Think Tank showed that from the past 7 months to the present, Tsai Ing-wen's overall reputation has declined significantly, and those who do not agree with Tsai Ing-wen have soared by 4 million. It shows that his second honeymoon period has ended.
Taiwan political figure of the year 2020 - Han Kuo-yu
Reason for the list: Taiwan's first "major directly under the central government"
Once a vigorous "Korean wave" Han Kuo-yu was involved in Taiwan's unfortunate election in early 2020 and was immediately surrounded by the green camp and intercepted and initiated the removal, setting a new high in personal network voice in 2020.
On June 6, 2020, the vote for "Slaying South Korea" was announced, with the number of votes agreeing to the country reaching 939,090, far exceeding the threshold of 574,996. The recall case was passed, and Han Kuo-yu became the first "major directly under the central government" to be removed in Taiwan.
After losing the throne of Kaohsiung mayor, Han Kuo-yu's political voice did not disappear. On December 29, 2020, the Kuomintang’s national representative Xu Shuhua revealed Han Kuo-yu’s latest situation in the island’s internal political discussion program, and said that Han Kuo-yu has been planning a “return” one after another and participated in public welfare activities. I will explain it to the public soon.
Taiwanese political figure of the year 2020 - Su Zhenchang
Reason for the list: Taiwan people hate politicians the most in 2020. The Internet that sets positive and negative poles is high-sounding
Not long after the 2020 election in Taiwan, the new crown pneumonia epidemic broke out, continuing the political atmosphere of "anti-China and Taiwan" in the 2020 election. As the head of Taiwan's administrative agency, Su Zhenchang began to frequently stand on the front line and perform poorly.
first announced a ban on the export of masks to the mainland, and then set up many obstacles to repeatedly obstruct Taiwanese compatriots stranded in Hubei from returning home. Subsequently, from controversial relief policies to the distribution of influenza vaccines, from the military crisis in the Taiwan Strait to the controversy over photo exchange at Zhongtian News, Su Zhenchang's strong arrogance was almost everywhere.
At the end of August 2020, the "Lai Pig" controversy broke out. Su Zhenchang made a clever sophistication and deliberately misled the people, which made him lose points frequently and became the target of public criticism. At the end of October 2020, the Taiwanese people hated politicians the most.
Because of the "Lai Pig" issue, the support of the DPP and Su Zhenchang is getting worse and worse. A poll in December 2020 released by the pro-green media Taiwan's "Beautiful Island Electronic News" showed that after the import of "Lai Pig" was passed, Su Zhenchang, the head of the Taiwan administrative agency, had a satisfaction rate of 46.8%, and a dissatisfaction rate of 49.3%, showing a death cross for the first time.
Taiwan political arena of the year 2020 - Chen Shizhong
Reason for being on the list: "Taiwan's biggest hero in epidemic prevention" who was pushed to the "altar"
In early 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic broke out. Chen Shizhong served as the commander of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center as the head of the Taiwan health and welfare department. Chen Shizhong, who stood on the front line of epidemic prevention, held a press conference every day to explain the latest epidemic situation. His every move attracted much attention and became the "super ace" for epidemic prevention on the island. "You must follow the clock (time center) and not against the clock (time center)" and once became the consensus on epidemic prevention in Taiwan society.
has attracted high public support, and Chen Shizhong also used the name of epidemic prevention to manipulate "anti-China" and "anti-China". From February this year to the ease of the epidemic, Chen Shizhong has been reluctant to relax the issue of returning to Taiwan by "Xiao Ming" of the minor children of non-Taiwanese mainlanders. After the epidemic was properly controlled, Chen Shizhong was regarded as "the biggest contributor to Taiwan's epidemic prevention" and became the spokesperson for tourism in various counties and cities. Chen Shizhong was also named a popular candidate for Taipei mayor and deputy head of the Taiwan administrative agency, and is in the limelight.
However, when Tsai Ing-wen announced the opening of "Lais Pig" imports, Chen Shi-chung shamelessly put forward the "international status" theory, and also "corrected" ractopamine, and his favorability dropped rapidly.
On December 8, 2020, the latest poll of the top ten politicians in Taiwan was released. Chen Shizhong fell from third to eighth, and was considered to have "fallen from the altar." As the mutated new coronavirus hit Taiwan by the end of 2020, the standards of Taiwan's epidemic prevention command center have changed day by day, and there are double standards everywhere, pushing Chen Shizhong to the forefront again.
Taiwan political arena of the year 2020 - Jiang Qichen
Reason for the list: The youngest chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang is moving forward in the process of reform
On March 9, 2020, Jiang Qichen, who is regarded as a young and strong reformist faction, was sworn in as chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang. He faced many difficulties as soon as he took office, but whether it was the "Stop Han case" or the Kaohsiung mayor by-election, Jiang Qichen and the Kuomintang returned in disgrace. After taking office, Jiang Qichen announced the Kuomintang’s four major reform policies, including organizational reform, cross-strait discourse, youth participation and financial stability. But what the outside world is most concerned about is the Kuomintang’s cross-strait discourse. After more than half a year of hesitation and swaying attitude towards the "1992 Consensus", Jiang Qichen finally announced on September 6, 2020 that the current cross-strait policy of the Kuomintang is to continue cross-strait interaction with the "1992 Consensus" based on constitutional provisions in Taiwan, and seek to keep pace with the times.
not only sway and change on the cross-strait route, but the Kuomintang has also triggered a series of controversies in "pro-US" and "de-China". On October 6, 2020, the Kuomintang’s Taiwan legislative body party group proposed a resolution related to “resuming diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the United States” and “requesting the United States to assist in resisting the mainland”, which caused an uproar in public opinion. Subsequently, Jiang Qichen's right-hand man, Lin Weizhou, who was the convener of the Kuomintang's Taiwan legislative body at the time, broke out a controversy about "de-China" the name of the Kuomintang, which made Jiang Qichen exhausted.
Under the leadership of Jiang Qichen, the Kuomintang Taiwan legislative body party group gradually transformed from the past "gentle, kind, respect, frugality and mercy" to a powerful "opposition party". In the personnel case of the Taiwan supervisory agency and the anti-"Lai Pig" battle, the morale of the Kuomintang supporters was greatly boosted.
