It is rumored that Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson will officially announce his candidacy for mayor of Taipei after the New Year, facing the historical merits of the Chiang family

The Straits Herald News (Taiwan-based reporter Xue Yang) The 2022 Taipei mayoral election began, the blue, green and white camps stepped up their layout, and when Jiang Wan'an, a popular candidate for the Chinese Kuomintang, announced his candidacy, causing great concern from the outside world. It is reported that Jiang Wan'an hosted a banquet for the blue camp yesterday (18th), during which he revealed that he would formally express his position after the Spring Festival, at which time, in addition to announcing the structure of the campaign team, he would also directly face the issue of the Jiang family.

Jiang Wan'an, the fourth generation of the Jiang family (data map)

Jiang Wan'an hosted a banquet at the Grand Sanyuan Hotel in Taipei City on the 18th, and about ten people attended the table, and the meal was narrated for more than two hours, and the people at the meeting extensively discussed the island's internal politics and the election situation of Taipei City. According to people at the scene, Jiang Wan'an said during the banquet that he would officially announce his candidacy after the New Year, when the organizational structure of the campaign, including the spokesperson team, would be announced, but what form he would use to announce his candidacy was still planned.

The participants reminded that since the DPP won three consecutive victories in the "referendum," by-election, and recall, it has continued to use judicial, media, and other means to hunt down and kill the chief of Lanying County and City, which can be described as "raiding the family and exterminating the clan." Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan and Yilan County Governor Lin Zimiao bore the brunt of it, and Jiang Wan'an himself also has the burden of the Chiang family, and must do a good job in advance, otherwise he will certainly be attacked in an overwhelming way.

Jiang Wan'an stressed that he was very interested in the history of the Chiang family in the past and had some research, such as Chiang Kai-shek's diary, he was reading it, in fact, he already had ideas in his mind, not only for the positioning of the Chiang family's historical achievements, but also for the future planning of taipei's "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall", and would face the Chiang family issues straight.

After Jiang Wan'an stepped into the political arena, he has always taken the middle line, avoiding talking about "sensitive topics" such as his life and the evaluation of the two Chiang Kai-shek. At the beginning of last year, Jiang Wan'an proposed to amend the "Regulations on replying to the people's damaged rights during the period of authoritarian rule," which was signed by then-party chairman Jiang Qichen and others, which was tantamount to acknowledging that the "authoritarian rule" of the two Chiang Kai-shek violated human rights, which once caused strong dissatisfaction among the deep blue group. After Jiang Wan'an officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Taipei, what new expositions he had on the historical merits of the Chiang family have attracted considerable attention from the outside world.

Jiang Wan'an has been laying out the Taipei mayoral election for a long time, and is also considered to be the best person to win back Taipei for the KMT; previously Taipei City Councilor Luo Zhiqiang also expressed his intention to run, and now it is rumored that he may turn to Kaohsiung, and it is difficult to say whether there will be other challengers in the party. On the DPP side, candidates have not yet emerged, and "Minister of Health and Welfare" Chen Shizhong and Mayor Lin Jialong have all been named; on the side of the Taiwan People's Party, Taipei Vice Mayor Huang Shanshan has the highest voice.