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Is Beijing trying to remove Lai Ching-te?
Editor: Fang Xun / Source: ETtoday / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/1020/2293669.html / Image below : The KMT chairmanship election concluded, and new party chairwoman Cheng Li-wen delivered a speech. (Photo by reporter Lü Jiaxian)
The Kuomintang (KMT) chairmanship election has concluded, with former legislator Cheng Li-wen successfully elected. However, it is worth noting that veteran media personality Zhao Shaokang repeatedly alleged before the election that the KMT chairmanship election was subject to interference from overseas Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forces. Recently, it was revealed that top leaders in Beijing had already set their sights on a specific candidate, demanding a coordinated effort to unseat President Lai Ching-te. In response, the Presidential Office stated in the evening of the 19th that it hoped leaders of both ruling and opposition parties, regardless of their political stances, would prioritize national interests and safeguard national security.
Regarding CCP interference in the KMT chairmanship election, Taiwan's National Security Agency Director Tsai Ming-yen recently confirmed in an interview that an investigation was underway and that half of the accounts were located overseas, but declined to specify which candidate they supported. In response, a party and government official revealed in an interview on the 19th that preliminary information suggests the massive number of fake accounts and AI-generated videos attacking Hau Lung-bin originated from the Central Propaganda Department, the United Front Work Department, and even the People's Liberation Army, with a budget estimated at hundreds of millions of yuan.
The source also mentioned that after registration for the KMT chairmanship election was completed, Beijing held a high-level meeting to conclude support for a specific candidate and set a four-word tone: "We must be on the same page with Beijing."
Party and government officials stated that Beijing's Taiwan policy prioritizes the goal of "removing Lai Ching-te." If Lai Ching-te could not be removed, the Democratic Progressive Party's governance must be rendered untenable. He mentioned that the candidate must demonstrate greater political flexibility, oppose the arming of Taiwan, oppose US intervention, and support the unification of Taiwan and China. This candidate must speak with mainland China.
In response, Presidential Office spokesperson Kuo Ya-hui stated that Taiwan is a pluralistic democratic political system. She hopes that leaders of both ruling and opposition parties, regardless of their political stances, will share the common goal of prioritizing national interests and safeguarding national security, and, based on shared facts, lead their respective parties to a better Taiwan.
Zheng Liwen is possessed by the CCP and is the dreamy obstacle to KMT in power
Report/Commentary by : Yan Chungou / Editor : Li Guangsong / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/1023/2295038.html
Zheng Liwen's election as KMT chairperson aligns with earlier internal party polls. The orthodox KMT ceded power in disgrace, a result of the KMT's self-alienation, and its future looks increasingly precarious. The fact that even a shallow fighter like Zheng Liwen could become KMT chairperson proves the KMT is truly drained of talent and on the decline.
Zheng Liwen, from head to toe, fails to resemble a party chairperson, not just in her demeanor but also in her perceptions and thinking. Her statements consistently reveal a self-serving, unconcerned attitude towards objective facts and right and wrong. All her statements are rooted not in truth or basic logic, but in personal subjective desires.
She quipped, "Isn't mainland China the biggest contributor to global trade and the economy? Wasn't globalization driven by mainland China? Isn't the CCP's greatest contribution to humanity, by enabling a billion people to live a prosperous life?" By praising the CCP so much, she seems to be doing more than the CCP itself.
The fact is, China's trade and economy are fundamentally dependent on the United States. If it weren't for the markets and purchasing power of the United States and Western countries, or the investment and technology from democratic countries, China would have collapsed in the 1970s. So what contribution can we make?
Is globalization driven by China? If the United States hadn't granted the CCP most-favored-nation status and supported its entry into the WTO, would it have been China's turn to join globalization? Globalization, first and foremost, involves the outsourcing of goods and services, technology transfer, and industrial investment from the United States, Europe, and other countries, giving the CCP a chance to breathe and grow. This is common sense. The trend in the world today is not deglobalization, but de-Sinicization: Western advanced countries are decoupling from the CCP, and China is decoupling from globalization.
The CCP has enabled one billion Chinese people to live a prosperous life, but even it doesn't dare to say so. Xi Jinping's talk of poverty alleviation is just self-deception. Former Premier Li Keqiang publicly stated that 600 million people in China still have monthly incomes below 1,000 yuan, expressing deep regret. Statistics show that there are still 100 million people living below the poverty line in mainland China's cities. Zheng Liwen lacks even this common sense.
The problem isn't her ignorance; it's that she's both ignorant and yet she pretends to know, all the while acting with a vehement air of arrogance, pointing fingers to the heavens and the earth, as if she alone possesses the truth and everyone else is a bunch of ignorant idiots.
She also claimed that Taiwan is part of China, and that mainland China's siege of Taiwan today is a response to sending security forces to protect Taiwan, maintain law and order, and keep foreign forces that want to take over Taiwan at bay. Is this a normal person's perspective? Even someone as shameless as Ma Ying-jeou wouldn't be able to utter such a statement. According to her, wouldn't it be easier for Taiwan to simply open its airspace and waters to the CCP and acknowledge its territorial ambitions? With American, European, Japanese, and South Korean ocean-going vessels passing through the Taiwan Strait daily, is it up to the CCP to protect Taiwan?
The question also arises: why is such a low-brow and arrogant person still a figure within the Kuomintang, elected KMT chairman, and even given the opportunity to become the next president of the Republic of China? Doesn't this put the fate of Taiwan in jeopardy?
At this point, the orthodox KMT has been marginalized. From Lien Chan to Ma Ying-jeou to Eric Chu, they were all considered orthodox. Ma Ying-jeou is quite shameless, having kowtowed to the mainland many times, but his adulation of the CCP has never reached the level of Zheng Liwen's disrespectful adulation.
For a long time, the KMT has lacked a deep theoretical foundation, relying solely on hasty responses to real-world politics, lacking a fundamental understanding of the political foundation and long-term relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Driven by the frustration and anxiety of losing power, they have harbored a deep hatred for the Democratic Progressive Party and are eager to reverse their defeat, gradually falling into a blind and short-sighted miasma. As Zhao Shaokang pointed out, some, out of hatred for the DPP, hope to draw CCP forces into Taiwan, which is completely wrong.
The KMT is pro-communist, but it does not share the CCP's ideology or its narrative on cross-strait relations. The CCP has a so-called three-part theory of sovereignty: there is only one China in the world, the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. The "1992 Consensus" in the CCP's context is a sovereignty syllogism, while the "1992 Consensus" in the KMT's context is "One China, with each side having its own interpretation." Strictly speaking, there is no 1992 Consensus; it's just each side saying its own thing.
How could the CCP tolerate the KMT's "separate interpretations" of China's sovereignty? If they did, it would become "Two Chinas," which would be a self-defeating move. However, under the current cross-strait situation, the KMT and the CCP's common enemy is the DPP. Only by working together to attack the DPP and help the KMT win the election and take power can the current rapprochement between the two parties be established.
The CCP's hidden agenda is to wait for the DPP to fall before dealing with the KMT. The KMT's hidden agenda is to wait for the DPP to fall before engaging with the CCP. Both the KMT and the CCP constantly talk about peace and constantly oppose Taiwanese independence; this is their political calculation. The question is whether the KMT, upon taking power, will accept the CCP's three-pronged approach to sovereignty. If it ultimately refuses to abandon the Republic of China and downgrade Taiwan to a subordinate position under the CCP, a future rift between the two parties is inevitable.
So, if the KMT possesses the political foresight and foresight to understand that the two parties will never reach any consensus on cross-strait relations, then siding with the CCP now and helping the CCP overthrow the DPP would simply clear the way for the CCP to achieve unification. Future cross-strait conflict is inevitable, and peace will ultimately be elusive.
On the other hand, if the KMT maintains healthy competition with the DPP within the democratic framework of the Republic of China, focusing on Taiwan's economy, livelihoods, science and technology, and national defense, peace is highly likely to be ensured through self-reliance and international assistance. By deeply cultivating local resources and establishing strong roots among the people, the KMT may also have a chance to return to power.
Zheng Liwen's pro-communist stance goes even further than that of Ma Ying-jeou and Chu Li-lun. Her extreme and radical stance represents the KMT's extreme left, making her irreconcilable with the extreme right of figures like Hau Lung-bin. If Cheng Liwen is elected, she will quickly meet with Xi Jinping, which will make both the KMT and the CCP look even more awkward. Cheng Liwen's selling out Taiwan will trigger a strong backlash in Taiwanese society, inevitably leading to new political turmoil.
What tricks will the CCP offer Cheng Liwen? How could KMT-CCP collaboration disrupt Taiwan? Will the KMT be hijacked by Cheng Liwen? Are there sufficient internal constraints? If the left and right sides remain deadlocked, will the KMT split? What countermeasures will the Democratic Progressive Party adopt? To what extent can Taiwanese people tolerate Cheng Liwen? What new attitudes will the U.S., Europe, and other Western countries take? These questions warrant continued observation.
Cheng Liwen's election as KMT chairman is a family matter for the KMT, but if she is elected president of the Republic of China, it will be a matter for the Taiwanese people. Are Taiwanese people mentally prepared for Cheng Liwen to lead the country? How to prevent this from happening in the limited time remaining is a pressing political issue for all Taiwanese people.
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