has only more than a month left before the "nine-in-one" election in Taiwan at the end of the year. The DPP is doing everything he can to ensure that Chen Shizhong is elected as mayor of Taipei. Tsai Ing-wen has "merged" with Chen Shizhong several times, and even has made a lot of thoughts on the issue of the unblocking of entry, which has been questioned by public opinion on the island.
According to Global Network on October 13, the island implemented the "0+7" entry regulations on the same day, no longer have home quarantine, and the normalized entry policy will be restored. Even asymptomatic infected persons in can take public transportation. Tsai Ing-wen, Su Zhenchang and others went to Taoyuan Airport for on the first day of the "unblocking" on the afternoon of the 13th to inspect, sending off passengers out of the country and taking photos with the crew to cheer for the airport staff.
After the news came out, netizens on the island were strongly dissatisfied and left messages almost one-sidedly, angrily criticizing, "Tsai Ing-wen should do some serious business!" "You can only show you, you have not done anything for Taiwan in 6 years." "When you are diagnosed with a major outbreak, you will hide."
In fact, Tsai Ing-wen personally went to see off tourists. If the COVID-19 epidemic has been controlled and there are no more confirmed cases, the people on the island will naturally be happy, but the reality is very slap in the face. Netizens blasted Tsai Ing-wen on the ground, including at least the following reasons:
One, is Taiwan ready to "unblock"?
As we all know, the premise for achieving large-scale unblocking is the decline in the mortality rate of the new coronavirus, sufficient hospital beds, a steady decline in the number of new infections per day, and the infection rate is within a controllable range. However, for Taiwan, the above conditions are basically not met, but the "border" is rushing to open. It is no wonder that netizens criticized Tsai Ing-wen for making a show.
In terms of the number of confirmed cases, on the 12th, Taiwan added more than 50,000 confirmed cases and 37 deaths, and on the 13th, more than 50,000 confirmed cases and 29 deaths were still added. It can be said that in the past two weeks, the number of new patients on the island has always remained high in a single day, and there is no sign of improvement in the epidemic. Under such circumstances, the DPP authorities have opened the "border" and have sent off tourists with great fanfare. The media on the island questioned that it was to pass on the risk of the epidemic to individuals.
Once a new mutant strain appears, it is likely that this wave of epidemic will usher in the next large-scale epidemic before it ends. Coupled with the cross-infection caused by the unblocking of entry, it may have a major impact on the medical system in Taiwan in the future.
The second is that Tsai Ing-wen is building momentum for Chen Shizhong's election.
Another point that Tsai Ing-wen went to inspect Taoyuan Airport this time and was questioned by the public was to build momentum for Chen Shizhong's election and at the same time gained some support for the Democratic Progressive Party. The Tsai Ing-wen administration hopes that using this wave of "unblocking" can bring back more young votes in the north and support the DPP.
Due to the previous DPP's arrogance and ignoring science, the people have suffered from epidemic prevention failure, and the "unlockdown" is also the hope that more young people can forget the negative effects of the once ineffective epidemic prevention.
However, judging from the current situation, no matter how hard the Tsai Ing-wen administration works, Chen Shizhong may find it difficult to recover. He has been plagued by negative news recently, and any incident will make him extremely embarrassed. On the 12th, the votes were drawn on the streets were also seriously dissatisfied by the public. When the "hate value" of people towards a person soars, no matter what he does, it seems annoying. Chen Shizhong is facing this situation. Some experts on the island predict that his election situation is basically beyond salvation, and now he is just delaying time.
And the DPP is not much better. The election situation in Taipei City and Taoyuan City, which I hope to keep the most, is not optimistic, and the candidates are constantly in controversy. Some DPP members pessimistically predict that the scene of a 2018 big defeat may repeat. As the atmosphere of "hating the Democratic Progressive Party" on the island becomes increasingly strong, their elections in northern counties and cities are likely to be wiped out. "You can't live up to your own evils." The evils done by the DPP may be back on itself in the election at the end of the year.
