As we all know, under the management of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities for many years, the entire island of Taiwan has generally become "green". What is perhaps even worse is that judging from the current political situation on the island, politicians on the island

As long as the Taiwan issue is not resolved, it will always be a serious concern for us. As we all know, under the management of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities for many years, the entire island of Taiwan has generally become "green". What is perhaps even worse is that judging from the current political situation on the island, politicians on the island are facing a "new and old alternation". ” situation, a large number of young politicians have begun to step onto the political stage, and many of them are members of the green camp.

This may be related to Tsai Ing-wen’s original preference to reuse “young politicians”. To be fair, although using young politicians can help maintain fresh blood within a political party, it seems that the "young politicians" Tsai Ing-wen re-employed are just "shows" with superficial appearance and little ability.

For example, Zhao Yixiang, a young politician who is particularly favored by Tsai Ing-wen. He is well-known because he once served as Tsai Ing-wen's special translator. However, the Taiwanese people soon discovered that he has no ability but has been rising steadily, and they can't help but question Tsai Ing-wen. In "spreading people to occupy positions", just wants to use young people to "pave the way" and "lay the foundation" for the DPP to fully control major positions on the island.

"The roots are right and the seedlings are blue", but he switched to the green camp?

In 1988, Zhao Yixiang was born in Taipei City, Taiwan Province. Although he was born in Taiwan, according to Taiwan media reports, Zhao Yixiang's family is an "out-of-province family" and has "good roots."

It is reported that Zhao Yixiang is a standard "third generation from other provinces". His grandfather is an "old country generation" from Jiangsu; his grandfather is from Zhejiang. Even though he suffered in the "White Terror", he has voted for He joined the Kuomintang; his parents have always supported the Kuomintang. It can be said that this is a deep blue family.

So, why would a person from a deep blue family switch to the Democratic Progressive Party? This may be related to Zhao Yixiang's childhood life and the influence of his girlfriend.

Zhao Yixiang's father once worked for Taiwan Ford Liuhe Motor Co., Ltd. This company was jointly established by Ford Motor and Taiwan Liuhe Textile. It is also a large company with industries across the United States and Canada. Perhaps because of this, Zhao's father was busy with work and moved the family frequently.

In 1992, when Zhao Yixiang was only 4 years old, he moved to Hiroshima, Japan with his family. There, Zhao Yixiang was deeply influenced by Japanese culture, which obviously affected his subsequent choices.

In addition, Zhao Yixiang himself once said that when he was a child, he would "change to another country to live in" in the United States every two or three years. After Japan, he also returned to China and lived in Beijing. Finally, he and his family settled in Canada. , also obtained Canadian citizenship.

But at the same time, Zhao Yixiang also retained his household registration in Taiwan, which made it easier for him to "jump repeatedly" between Canada and Taiwan.

After finishing elementary school in Canada, Zhao Yixiang returned to Taiwan and completed middle school courses at the High School Affiliated to Kaohsiung Normal University.

In 2006, Zhao Yixiang graduated from high school and was admitted to the Department of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada, so he returned to Canada to study again.

Judging from his growth history, Zhao Yixiang seems to have been more influenced by Japan and the West than by his deep-blue family. It seems not surprising that he would switch to the Democratic Progressive Party, which is keen on attracting young people.

Of course, some Taiwanese media also broke the news that Zhao Yixiang will switch to the green camp, which has something to do with the girlfriend he dated in college. Although the Taiwanese media did not reveal the name of his girlfriend at the time, they specifically pointed out that the girlfriend came from a green camp family, and her father had a great influence on Zhao Yixiang.

Taiwanese media reported that during the summer vacation, the girlfriend’s father asked him to read a column every day by Li Xiaofeng, the “master of history” of the “Taiwan independence” faction, and report his thoughts after reading it. In this way, Zhao Yixiang began to gradually accept the green camp ideology from "not understanding" the blue-green debate on the island at the beginning.

However, no matter what the reason was, in short, in 2009, Zhao Yixiang returned to Taiwan after graduating from university and became a reporter for the "Taiwan Independence" media "Taipei Times" on the island, specializing in political issues related to the Democratic Progressive Party. .

Although Zhao Yixiang had not yet joined the Democratic Progressive Party or had any contact with the Democratic Progressive Party at that time, he chose to work in the "independence faction" media, and he had obviously already accepted the green camp ideology.

After working for a period of time, Zhao Yixiang got in touch with the Democratic Progressive Party. Not only did he join the Democratic Progressive Party, but he also became friends with Tsai Ing-wen, the then chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. Tsai Ing-wen also liked this "fresh appearance" The young people are quite fond of it.

Why do you say that? Some clues can be seen from the intersection between Zhao Yixiang and Tsai Ing-wen.

Tsai Ing-wen's favorite and Wu Zhaoxie's confidant

After working for the "Taipei Times" for 2 years, Zhao Yixiang was drafted into the army in 2011. After retiring, he studied for a master's degree at Birkbeck College, University of London, England for one year. In 2013, Zhao Yixiang graduated with a master's degree, returned to Taiwan again, and worked as a researcher at the "Friends of Xiaoying Foundation" founded by Tsai Ing-wen. Later, he also worked in the "National Department" of the Democratic Progressive Party.

This has brought Zhao Yixiang closer to Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party. He also calls himself a "Xiaoying boy", which shows how much he supports Tsai Ing-wen.

In 2016, Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the leader of Taiwan. As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." After Tsai Ing-wen was elected, all of her close generals rose to prominence, and all her subordinates and soldiers were re-employed.

After Tsai Ing-wen’s personal troops, the first person to receive attention was Zhao Yixiang. Because at the international press conference held after Tsai Ing-wen won the election, Zhao Yixiang was designated as Tsai Ing-wen's dedicated interpreter. For this reason, the Taiwanese media specially gave him the nickname "Interpreter Brother".

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Yixiang successfully stood in front of the public. At this time, Zhao Yixiang was only 27 years old.

Originally, it was not a big deal to let a young person serve as an interpreter . It is the characteristic of the DPP and Tsai Ing-wen to like to use young people. If Zhao Yixiang is indeed capable, there is nothing worth criticizing if he is promoted step by step.

What I didn’t expect was that Zhao Yixiang was promoted as fast as a rocket. Before he could show any talents, he was already sitting in an important position that requires decades of experience to be qualified, and he was also enjoying a high salary. It was really He is worthy of being Tsai Ing-wen’s “favorite”.

On May 20, 2016, Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in. At the same time, she arranged for Zhao Yixiang to be the office director of the Office of the Secretary-General of the Taiwan Security Council.

At that time, the secretary-general of this so-called "security conference" was the notorious die-hard "Taiwan independence" activist Joseph Wu. Tsai Ing-wen sent Zhao Yixiang to work under Wu Zhaoxie. Her intention was actually very obvious: she wanted to find a "successor" for Wu Zhaoxie. ".

If this is not obvious enough, we can see from Zhao Yixiang's subsequent political path that Tsai Ing-wen really thinks so, because wherever Wu Zhaoxie goes from now on, Zhao Yixiang will follow.

html In May 2001, Joseph Wu took office as Secretary-General of Tsai Ing-wen's official residence, and Zhao Yixiang followed Wu Zhaoxie and continued to be his office director; another year later, Wu Zhaoxie took charge of Taiwan's foreign affairs department, and Zhao Yixiang also followed Wu Zhaoxie.

At this time, although Zhao Yixiang has been cultivated as Wu Zhaoxie's confidant, the speed of his promotion is acceptable. Although everyone knows that Tsai Ing-wen is cultivating his own power, they can't say anything.

What I didn’t expect was that at the end of 2018, Zhao Yixiang suddenly became the leader of the political team of the so-called “Representative Office in the United States” of Taiwan’s foreign affairs department. This position sounds like just a "team leader", but in Taiwan, this is already a "senior executive officer".

Zhao Yixiang was only 30 years old at the time, with only a few years of political experience and almost no foreign affairs experience. He became a senior official without passing the special diplomatic examination. His position already exceeded that of many officials with more than 20 years of foreign affairs experience. and politicians.

Moreover, the official who previously served as the leader of the political team also has more than 20 years of work experience. This position is not something that a "novice" can hold.

This appointment immediately caused an uproar on the island. Not only did the Kuomintang accuse Tsai Ing-wen and Wu Zhaoxie of cultivating party members, but even DPP politicians bluntly said that Zhao Yixiang was a confidant of Wu Zhaoxie, so he rose to the top.

What is dissatisfying is not only Zhao Yixiang's rapid promotion, but also the fact that his monthly salary is as high as NT$240,000 NT$. At this time, the monthly salary of ordinary young people on the island cannot even reach NT$100,000.

seems to have no connections, but is he actually an "informant" in the United States?

But even if Zhao Yixiang’s appointment caused overwhelming dissatisfaction on the island, Tsai Ing-wen and Wu Zhaoxie did not intend to change their decision. Although Tsai Ing-wen was eager to "cut it off" and claimed that she only learned about the appointment after reading the newspaper, Wu Zhaoxie unabashedly personally supported Zhao Yixiang and endorsed and defended his "ability".

Wu Zhaoxie claimed that because the original leader of the political team returned to Taiwan, there was no suitable candidate for the moment, so he chose the young Zhao Yixiang, and his work ability is "admirable" because everyone praises him that "everything can be solved." .

As for the issue of high salary, Wu Zhaoxie also gave an explanation, saying that Zhao Yixiang's salary is about US$7,000, which cannot be called luxury. Zhao Yixiang himself said that after deducting various expenses, his monthly salary is "only" 150,000.

Regardless of the media saying that Zhao Yixiang's monthly salary is actually as high as NT$280,000, Zhao Yixiang's explanation is actually to shift the focus of public opinion to "money" rather than his rapid rise through connections.

In fact, behind Zhao Yixiang's ascension, hidden is the deeper calculation of Tsai Ing-wen and Wu Zhaoxie. Analysts pointed out that Wu Zhaoxie hoped to directly control Taiwan's so-called "representative office in the United States" through Zhao Yixiang and control the channel for "dialogue" with the United States; while Tsai Ing-wen tried to use Zhao Yixiang to bypass the "diplomatic and civilian system" and control her own affairs. Cronies are deployed in more areas to ensure that they can continue to influence the situation.

Moreover, Zhao Yixiang was also carefully selected by Tsai Ing-wen and Wu Zhaoxie. Although everyone believes that Zhao Yixiang has no connections in the United States and is not qualified for the position of leader of the political team, in the eyes of some Taiwanese media, Zhao Yixiang has "the support of the United States."

As we all know, the rapid rise of the Democratic Progressive Party is inseparable from the support of the United States.

Joseph Wu, Hsiao Meiqin, and other DPP members who strongly promoted Pelosi to visit Taiwan all have relevant American backgrounds and have strong connections in the United States. It is not so much that they are in charge of Taiwan's "foreign affairs". They are "informants" installed by the United States in Taiwan and are the mouthpieces between the Tsai Ing-wen administration and the United States.

Zhao Yixiang had held Canadian citizenship for a long time and did not apply to give it up until Tsai Ing-wen took office. He has lived overseas for a long time and has a complicated background. When he was questioned, a large number of foreigners "escorted" him. This is also the characteristic of the so-called American "informant."

According to Taiwanese media reports, when Zhao Yixiang’s meteoric rise caused dissatisfaction on the island, not only the leader of the political group of the American Institute in Taiwan immediately expressed support for Zhao Yixiang on social media, but also the "Senior Asia Advisor" Glasworth in the United States used " Welcome to Washington" to support Zhao Yixiang.

In addition, reporters from many foreign media expressed support and encouragement to Zhao Yixiang. To a certain extent, Zhao Yixiang can be said to have "friends all over the world." However, as a 30-year-old young man, he can make many influential people in Taiwan's political circles do things for him. There must be something fishy in this.

Perhaps, Zhao Yixiang's rapid rise is indeed inseparable from the United States. There is one more thing that seems to prove this.

In 2021, Zhao Yixiang claimed that he had resigned and would return to Taiwan to participate in the parliamentary election without informing Tsai Ing-wen in advance. This move made Tsai Ing-wen "not very happy". Apparently, she felt that the young people she promoted seemed to be no longer under her control.

Although Zhao Yixiang's "returning without warning" was seen as a sign that the young man could not calm down, some people speculated that the United States might have asked him to return to Taiwan and continue to serve as an "informant." Moreover, Zhao Yixiang has always been regarded as a close confidant of Tsai Ing-wen, but after he returned to Taiwan, he joined the "Speaking Group".

Although the "Voice and Opinion Club" is only an internal faction of the Democratic Progressive Party, it does not belong to Tsai Ing-wen's "British faction". Zhao Yixiang's move will inevitably lead to more speculation.

In October 2021, Zhao Yixiang announced his candidacy for Taipei City Da'an Wenshan District Councilor, and hopes to go all out to bring changes to the local area. In May this year, Zhao Yixiang came in second place in the primary election for Green Camp Taipei members, which seemed to be one step closer to his goal.

Obviously, in the past, people always thought that Zhao Yixiang was "highly loyal" and trustworthy to Tsai Ing-wen. They may have "judged the subject." The greater possibility is that Zhao Yixiang does belong to American forces and he is with Tsai Ing-wen. However, It's just to "move up the ranks" and to be able to grasp greater power.

But perhaps the only thing that has not changed is that whether the "British faction" or other forces of the Democratic Progressive Party are in power, Taiwan's future will fall under the control of the United States, and the Taiwanese people will continue to be intoxicated by the lies of the Democratic Progressive Party. . is actually not good news for us or Taiwan.