Tsai Ing-wen. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News") China Taiwan Network reported on February 16th. According to Taiwan's "Want Daily", the personnel dispute between Taiwan's "Chinese Cultural Association" ended. The "Wen General" held the 6th Executive Committee

Tsai Ing-wen. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News")

China Taiwan Network reported on February 16th. According to Taiwan's "Want Daily", the personnel dispute between Taiwan's "Chinese Culture Association" ended. The "Wen General" held the 6th Executive Committee on the 15th, and passed a total of 258 new members including Tsai Ing-wen and others. Since the Tsai Office once said that the "General Wen" practice is that the president is chaired by successive leaders of Taiwan, it means that Tsai Ing-wen's membership meeting will be elected by the new executive committee and advisory committee and appointed as the new president. Lin Zhongshan, the "Director of the National Development Academy" of the Kuomintang, believes that under the "de-Sinicization" of the Tsai administration, the "Wen General Secretary" may conduct biased mobilization in the future, and personnel may also be significantly changed, which will have a negative impact on cross-strait exchange activities.

It is reported that the election of the president of Taiwan’s “Cultural Association” has been delayed for a long time, and has evolved into a political deadlock between former president Liu Zhaoxuan and the Tsai authorities, but after Liu resigned at the end of November last year, the struggle came to an end. The "Cultural Association" held an executive committee meeting on the 15th, with Acting President Liu Jiren presided over the meeting. 28 people should attend the meeting, and 15 people actually reported, more than half of the meeting. However, the government officials of the Ma Ying-jeou who served as executive committee members such as Jiang Yihua, Liao Liao and Mao Zhiguo did not attend.

Tsai took office as soon as March 2

reported that Yang Du, Secretary-General of the "General Wen", said after the meeting that the meeting passed three proposals, first confirming 258 new members, including Tsai Ing-wen and Chen Jianren, and then confirming 276 old members. The 7th membership meeting will be held in as soon as 15 days, and these 534 new and old members will elect 35 executive members, 11 advisory committee members, etc., and then the newly elected executive members and advisory committees will elect a new president.

htmlThe 115th meeting also put forward a list of suggestions from the 7th Executive Committee and Advisory Committee, including Tsai Ing-wen, Chen Jian-ren, Taiwan's "Minister of Culture" Zheng Li-jun and others. As for the 7th membership meeting to be held as soon as 15 days, it is estimated that the fastest will be held on March 2. At least 267 members must attend the membership meeting before they can be held. In addition, Liu Jiren, the acting president of "Wen General Manager", announced to the media after the meeting that he resigned from his position as acting president.

Korean Party is worried about negative impact on cross-strait exchanges

According to reports, the purpose of "General Wen" is to carry forward Chinese culture and has hosted important cross-strait exchange activities. Lin Zhongshan, the "Director of the National Development Academy" of the Kuomintang, believes that after Tsai Ing-wen took over as the president of the "General Wen", the Tsai administration advocated "de-Sinicization", which inevitably conflicted with the purpose of the "General Wen". It can be expected that many traditional important activities such as Chinese characters, art, and calligraphy in the future may be suspended. The Tsai administration may also use the "Cultural Association" to conduct "biased mobilization" and only do what they like, which will have a negative impact on the cross-strait exchange work of the "Cultural Association" over the years.

[Background Information]

Chiang Kai-shek founded the "Chinese Cultural Rejuvenation Movement Implementation Committee" in 1966. The president was previously held by the leaders of Taiwan. After Ma Ying-jeou took over, he decided to transform and re-elect Liu Zhaoxuan as the first to be in early 2010. Liu Zhaoxuan was re-elected as president in 2013 and should step down on November 21, 2016.

After the 520 Taiwan authorities rotated last year, the "Cultural Association" became the target of the Tsai administration. In August last year, a "pro-green" media launched an attack, believing that the "Cultural Association" should return to the past, with Tsai Ing-wen as the president, and criticized Liu Zhaoxuan for "loving the house" and "relying to leave." Then the "Cultural Association" suddenly poured in a large number of application forms for membership, including Tsai Ing-wen. This move is considered to be the Tsai administration's desire to "wash green" and "China Culture Association".

On November 22, 2016, Liu Zhaoxuan announced his resignation as the "General President". He also pointed out that if Tsai Ing-wen serves as the president of the "General of Wen" in the future, it is absurd that she should not go to Chinese culture for the leader, otherwise it would be absurd to strive for the president of the "General of Chinese Culture".