Source: Strait Shinkansen
At the end of August this year, the DPP authorities announced without warning that they would open the import of American pork containing ractopamine, i.e. clenbuterol, and American beef over 30 months old, which triggered a strong rebound in Taiwanese society. For more than three months, the Kuomintang has launched an anti-"Lay Pig" campaign, and Taiwan's legislative body has also become a battlefield where controversy among the "Lay Pig" is full of fire. The outside world noticed that in this "Lai Pig War", the Kuomintang's powerful players frequently appeared and their means were fierce. It seemed that they had abandoned the traditional image of "gentle, kind, respectful, frugal and conciliatory" and turned to the radical style of "violent resistance to tyranny with violence", which triggered constant discussions from the outside world.
So, has the Kuomintang really changed its sexual nature? Has the political ecology on Taiwan’s island changed subtly?
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boycotts the opening of "Lay Pig" imports. The Kuomintang "comprehensive war"
In order to boycott the import of beautiful pigs and beefs containing clenbuter, on August 31, the Kuomintang mobilized the party groups of 22 counties and municipal councils across Taiwan to hold a press conference on protest, demanding Tsai Ing-wen apologize to the public and postpone the opening hours.
On September 12, the Kuomintang began to launch a joint signing of the "food safety referendum" to "defend the zero detection of Taiwan pigs and clenbuterol in 22 counties and cities across Taiwan. In less than two days, the first phase has met the standards.
From late September to mid-November, Taiwan's executive body head Su Zhenchang was boycotted for 12 consecutive times and was unable to give a policy report in Taiwan's legislature.
On November 27, the Democratic Progressive Party’s Taiwan legislative body party group finally sent Su Zhenchang to the speech stage with most advantages. The Kuomintang strongly demanded that Su Zhenchang apologize for the policy of importing American pigs but failed, and did his best to boycott them. Not only did he splash water, but he also launched an attack on pig internal organs for the first time, igniting public opinion.
Not only that, the Kuomintang also organized and mobilized the largest "Autumn Fight" march in Taiwan's history, and even debated the issue of "Lai Pig" and sent a message to Tsai Ing-wen. It can be said that in order to boycott the import of "Lais Pig", the Kuomintang has "full war".
On the anti-"lai pig" issue, the Kuomintang's series of performances stunned the outside world. Ke Jianming, the general convener of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Taiwan legislative body, said that the Kuomintang is now “gang-like”. However, Taiwan’s current affairs commentator Tang Xianglong disagreed with this, believing that “there is actually only one political party that is really 'gang-like' in Taiwan, which is the Democratic Progressive Party.” Tang Xianglong said that when the legislative body in Taiwan discusses affairs and issues politics, it has always been necessary to "advocate civil and military affairs". When the Kuomintang, which had only "advocate civil and civil", relaxed its skills, unity and momentum emerged, and confidence came up. This is the biggest gain of the Kuomintang.
This anti-"Lai Pig" offensive and defensive battle by the Kuomintang has made momentum, and several of the powerful battles will successfully seize the media page.
Among them, when the Kuomintang's national representative Zheng Liwen questioned Su Zhenchang on November 27, he did not come to power, but gathered Blue Camp civil representatives to criticize Su Zhenchang in front of the speech stage. Every time Zheng Liwen finished a paragraph, he led the team to shout "Bai Zhechang", "Black Heart Chang" and "Wuliangchang" to step down. He didn't stop for a whole half hour, and the content of each paragraph was different, which made people see Zheng Liwen's extraordinary skills in scolding. Because of this verbal battle, Zheng Liwen became popular overnight.
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Zheng Liwen: From green to blue to become the "female war god" of the Kuomintang
Zheng Liwen, 51 years old, was born in Yunlin County, Taiwan Province. After graduating from the law department of Taiwan University, he went to the United States to study and obtained a master's degree in law from Temple University in the United States. During her studies at National Taiwan University, it happened to the wave of democratization in Taiwan. Zheng Liwen participated in street sports such as the "Wild Lily Student Movement". Due to her tall figure and beautiful appearance, during her studies in the United States, a star spy once looked for Zheng Liwen as a professional model, but she had dreamed of engaging in politics and did not choose to take this path.
After returning to Taiwan, Zheng Liwen joined the DPP and began to make her mark in Taiwan's political arena. She was eloquent and was one of the two "famous mouths" in Taiwan's popular political commentary program "Two Beauties on the Line" at that time. She was known for her sharp current political commentary, and Chen Shui-bian once tried to win over Zheng Liwen.
In October 2002, Zheng Liwen was suppressed by senior DPP leaders because of criticizing the then green camp political leaders on the show. Then she gradually moved away from the mainstream of the DPP and officially left the DPP at the end of the same year.
In 2005, at the invitation of then-Korean Party Chairman Lien Chan, Zheng Liwen joined the Kuomintang and served as the deputy chairman and spokesperson of the Cultural and Communication Association. Zheng Liwen's joining brought fresh blood to the Kuomintang. Because she was born in a green family, she was good at electoral operations, and her style of conduct was very down-to-earth, she won the support of many light green voters for the Kuomintang. Afterwards, Zheng Liwen was promoted to chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural and Communication Association after the 2005 Kuomintang Chairman's election, becoming one of the few junior party members to serve as first-level party affairs supervisors.
2008 public opinion representative election, Zheng Liwen was nominated by the Kuomintang as a non-district public opinion representative and was elected as the 18th place. In 2012, Zheng Liwen was summoned by the Kuomintang and joined the election of public opinion representatives in the Seventh Constituency of Taichung City, and finally lost by 8,637 votes. In October of the same year, Zheng Liwen served as the spokesperson for the administrative agency of Ma Ying-jeou, and once again entered the public eye.
In November 2017, Zheng Liwen once announced that she could run for the mayor of Taipei, and then announced that she would withdraw from the election due to family factors. In August 2018, Zheng Liwen became the volunteer deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang. In 2020, Zheng Liwen was elected as the fifth representative of the Kuomintang without division, and returned to Taiwan's legislative body after eight years.
Zheng Liwen's joining brought fresh blood and different combat power to the Kuomintang. Taiwan's current affairs commentator Li Jiannan said that Zheng Liwen is not strong in combat now, but that she has always been like this. Not only does she have strong narrative skills, but she is also very imposing. But he believes that if Zheng Liwen's "one call" can get the "a hundred responses" within the Kuomintang, so that the effect can be exerted and bring a different climate to the Kuomintang.
In addition to Zheng Liwen, there is another Kuomintang political star who performed well in this "Lai Pig" issue, that is, Jiang Wanan, the fourth generation of the Jiang family and the Kuomintang national representative.
is highly expected by the Kuomintang 3 Jiang Wan'an's political question "Lai Pig" has attracted much attention
In late September, Taiwan's legislative body opened a discussion. The Kuomintang's national representative Jiang Wan'an won the "Convening Member of the Committee on Social Welfare and Health and Environment" in the competition, which made the Kuomintang applaud. Because the "Convening Committee" has the power to arrange the agenda and preside over the meeting, it can deliberate on the "Laizhu" case. Jiang Wanan, the fourth generation of the Jiang family, has a handsome appearance and a doctorate in law from the University of Pennsylvania. She was given the important responsibility of "restoring" Taipei by many people in the Kuomintang, so she has attracted much attention.
To block the import of "Lai Pig", on October 17, Jiang Wan'an played straight with Chen Shizhong, the director of the Taiwan health and welfare department, and began to show a tough attitude. He slapped the table and angrily yelled at Chen Shizhong, the director of the Taiwan health and welfare department, and said, "Don't talk empty words here! All are lies! All are lies! Don't deceive yourself anymore!", which caused applause from the Blue Camp.
Faced with Su Zhenchang, the head of the Taiwan administrative agency with rich political experience, Jiang Wanan was not outdone and was fully engaged in fire. During several confrontations, Su Zhenchang was repeatedly criticized and did not dare to reply. Taiwanese netizens jokingly called Jiang Wanan "the god of war possession" and Su Zhenchang "losed miserably".
KMT has "sudden changes in style" and frequent wars on the anti-"lai pig" issue, which is also reflected in polls. Several recent polls in Taiwan show that the satisfaction of the Tsai Ing-wen administration and Su Zhenchang's team continues to decline, and dissatisfaction is also rising. In terms of political parties, although the Kuomintang’s support for political parties is still lagging behind that of the Democratic Progressive Party, the Kuomintang’s support is on the rise, while the Democratic Progressive Party has declined. Will this situation continue and what impact will it have?
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