[Taiwan General Election] Taiwan-Hong Kong Relations Tightly Formed

Politics

Written by: Chen Jialuo

2020-01-05 19:33

The 2020 Taiwan election has entered the straight road. Many Hong Kong political groups plan to go to Taiwan to watch and learn from the experience, including the Democratic Party and the Citizens Party. In the past, the establishment party will also organize group elections. However, due to the tension between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, it is reported that some of the formation faction hindered identity sensitivity. Decided to stay in Hong Kong and watch the fire across the shore.

Before the only debate held in the Taiwan election earlier, the three men served before the soldiers. (Courtesy of Taipei Photojournalist Association)

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In the 2016 Taiwan elections, the Kuomintang Zhu Lilun fought against the Democratic Progressive Party Tsai Ing-wen, and many local constitutionalists went to Taiwan to watch the war. Among them, Chen Hengzheng, member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, led a total of 30 members of the Youth Network Members visited Taiwan, including a visit to the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang Party, to feel the atmosphere of the election. They also learned from them how to use the Internet and new media in Taiwan ’s election campaign. Chen Wanxian, Honorary President of the FTU, also visited Taiwan to observe the election.

However, in recent years, cross-strait relations have raged and exchanges between Taiwan and Hong Kong have inevitably been affected. For example, Lu Changshui, Counsellor of the MAC, took over as representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong in August last year, but has not yet obtained a work visa, plus Taiwan and Hong Kong. In recent months, the Taiwan murder suspect, Chen Tongjia, repeatedly refuted the fire, which shows how bad the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong is.

Chen Wanxian, Honorary President of the Federation of Trade Unions, said that Taiwan had invited her to Taiwan to watch the election. (Profile picture)

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Chen Wanxian of the FTU rejects the invitation to watch

Some people in the organizational system said that since Cai Yingwen came to power, the organizational organization ’s exchanges with Taiwan have decreased sharply, which is also affected by the sensitivity of the identity. This election also prefers to stay in Hong Kong, and laughs that the election campaign seems to be set, and there is no need to take a special turn Watching an election with known results does not preclude someone from going to Taiwan in his personal capacity.

Chen Wanxian, Honorary President of the FTU who has personally "watched" the past three elections in Taiwan, stated that she will not go to Taiwan this year, revealing that the Taiwan office in Hong Kong has invited her, but she refused because she had another trip this year.

Regarding the accusations that the constitutional faction received a ban to avoid going to Taiwan, Chen Wanxian described it as "never heard", thinking that members of the Legislative Council and the constitutional faction went to Taiwan to watch the election "nothing special", "I have gone to the last session, no reason. This year, something will happen first. "It is reported that Chen Hengzhen will not form a group to watch the war this year.

Liu Zhaojia, deputy chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, believes that the avoidance of the establishment faction to Taiwan may be caused by three reasons. First, cross-strait relations are tense; second, Taiwan has actively supported and protected participants in the Hong Kong turmoil during the recent anti-revision campaign; The third reason is that in this presidential election, "the blue and green camps used election derogations to detract from one country, two systems, and the unrest in Hong Kong."

2020 Taiwan general election