Chinese Kuomintang 2020 candidate, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu made the decision on the 418th, and expressed to Mo Jian, chairman of the American Association for In Taiwan (AIT), that the pressure before the election was very high, and he was sure that he would not visit the United States and would do his best to sprint for the election. In addition to the busy schedule, Han Kuo-yu's decision has a deeper meaning, which is to break through the "interview" of candidates for the election to go to the United States.
Han Kuo-yu canceled his original schedule to go to the United States in mid-November. A message was heard many days ago. He stayed until he met Mo Jian on the morning of the 18th and explained in person to express respect for the United States. Mo Jian made a special trip to Taiwan before the Taiwan election, and it was meaning to visit the candidates in the government and the opposition. South Korea attached great importance to this meeting. He met at the city government after the leave and invited heavyweight scholars from the "National Government" advisory group Su Qi , Zhao Jianmin and He Siyin accompanied the meeting without losing politeness. He also expressed in a very tactful manner that there were only more than 80 days left before the election and that the whole of Taiwan was going to run away. He could not ask too much leave, so please understand the US side.
If Han Kuo-yu visits the United States, it will take about 10 days. With the operation mode of "export to domestic sales" of Taiwanese politicians, he also creates momentum when he visits the United States. He has exposed it through a large number of media and talks about high-end issues. His propaganda energy will definitely exceed his "learning journey" that he has traveled across Taiwan. In the past, most general election candidates adopted this model. But there are exceptions. Ma Ying-jeou did not go to the United States before the two elections, and did not visit the United States when he ran for , Hung Hsiu-chu and . But after "changing the post", Zhu Lilun , which was on the battlefield, even though time was already tight, he still went to the United States for a trip.
A few days ago, when the outside world was discussing whether Han Kuo-yu should visit the United States, Hung Hsiu-chu persuaded South Korea with his own experience that if he could visit the United States, he was hurt by refusing to visit the United States. As for what is "hurt"? She said this was inconvenient, but she knew it very well. Shortly after Hung Hsiu-chu refused to visit the United States, the "pillar change incident" occurred.
Hong Hung Hsiu-chu refused to visit the United States at that time, which was exaggerated because of her "pro-China" decision. It can be foreseeable that Han Kuo-yu would also be under the same pressure. But Han Kuo-yu is different from Hung Hsiu-chu after all. Han has the Korean wave from last year as the basis, and the popularity of the Taiwan-wide tour has been very high recently. He has the confidence to decide his own election rhythm. Moreover, the current environment is different from 2016. Hung Hsiu-chu's kind reminder may not come true.
Han Kuo-yu gave up visiting the United States before the election, breaking the convention that all candidates in Taiwan's general election have to go to the United States for "interview" before the election in recent years. Regarding this issue, Ma Ying-jeou once said that whether to visit the United States before the election depends entirely on his own needs and decide what to do or not. Chen Shui-bian and Tsai Ing-wen's first elections were both facing the Kuomintang's rule, and they tried to visit the United States before the election, and they all wanted to please the United States and seek support and endorsement. Since they were interviewed, they would answer whatever they asked, which was a bit shorter. At that time, they were also ridiculed as being an American "child emperor".
Over the past years, from Chen Shui-bian, Tsai Ing-wen and then to the Kuomintang Zhu Lilun’s pre-election visit to the United States, they have been praised for their comparatively. The specifications arranged by the US side and the levels of officials they met have been compared. Especially Zhu Lilun’s visit to the United States before the 2016 election has been said to be quite dignified.
Han Kuo-yu went to the United States for an eight-day visit from April 10 to 17 this year. This kind of visit is different from the "interview" before the election. South Korea also promised yesterday that AIT would visit the United States again after the election. The post-election visit is also very different from the pre-election visit. Yesterday, it was also rumored that the US side gave the Korean camp a premature ejaculation issue. Five questions include: If Han Kuo-yu is elected, will Taiwan’s economy rely too much on mainland China in the future? How to prove that cross-strait relations can be handled better than Tsai Ing-wen? If mainland China requires the signing of a "peace agreement" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, will it succumb to the pressure on the mainland? What do the mainland think about "intervening in" Taiwan's 2020 election and how to deal with it? Will we continue to cooperate with the US military purchase policy against Taiwan?
Although the above "test questions" have not been confirmed, it is a fact that the US side's attitude towards Taiwan is getting higher and higher under the DPP authorities' completely pro-US line. It includes arms sales and cooperation with the Indo-Pacific plan, and Taiwan has the pressure to accept it as required. Washington used strategies before Taiwan’s election, and traveled through various camps to allow blue and green to compete for Washington’s support, and finally allowed candidates who are most in line with the interests of the United States to qualify. This is an ongoing process.
In the all-round competition between China and the United States, Taiwan has never had such strong pressure to face the election of China and the United States as this time, as South Korea gave up visiting the United States before the election and made a statement that it would not bet the United States 100%. The Democratic Progressive Party and Tsai Ing-wen should be happy. The US may be uneasy and are not sure what moves South Korea will do next. However, in addition to winning the dignity of not visiting the United States, South Korea may not be detrimental to the election if it does not bow its head to accept the interview. Ma Ying-jeou did not visit the United States before winning the election twice. Zhu Lilun forced out time to visit the United States before the election in 2016, but in the end he lost 3 million votes to Tsai Ing-wen. (Source: Hong Kong China Review News Agency丨Author: Lin Shuling)
