Zhou Bajun Studio Special Author: Sun Yuliang
Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson is about to re-emerge! According to lianhe Zaobao, Taiwan's 2022 "nine-in-one" local county mayoral election will be held at the end of the year, and Jiang Wan'an, a "legislator" of the Kuomintang, will announce his candidacy for mayor of Taipei after the Lunar New Year.
Jiang Wan'an was Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson, Chiang Ching-kuo's grandson, and chiang's son, chiang hyo-yan, and is now a "legislator" of the Kuomintang and the only representative figure who continues the political incense of the Chiang family. At the same time, Jiang Wan'an was also one of the core figures of the "Battle Blue" formed by Zhao Shaokang, which included dozens of legislators and parliamentarians, including Lai Shibao, a "legislator" of the Kuomintang, and Xu Qiaoxin, a member of the Taipei City Council of the Kuomintang. The news that Jiang Wan'an wants to run for mayor of Taipei has actually been circulating for a long time, and in early 2021, Zhao Shaokang expressed his support for Jiang Wan'an's candidacy and said that he was the one who could win the election.
In fact, there is a well-known figure in the KMT who wants to run for mayor of Taipei, and he is Luo Zhiqiang, a member of the Taipei City Council of the KMT and president of the "Revolutionary Institute." Hao Longbin, a former vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, once said that Luo Zhiqiang was a "very good general" of the KMT and that his candidacy for mayor of Taipei was a "very appropriate" candidate. However, if Jiang Wan'an announces his candidacy after the holiday, Luo Zhiqiang is likely to withdraw from the competition, after all, they are all in the Kuomintang camp, and avoiding "nest fighting" is the first. Luo Zhiqiang once said: Whether Jiang Wan'an wins or Luo Zhiqiang wins, "in fact, the KMT wins the most important thing."
The DPP camp has not yet launched a contender for the mayor of Taipei, but Chen Shizhong, the head of Taiwan's health and welfare department, has been the most vocal. In addition to Chen Shizhong, Keelung Mayor Lin Youchang, former "Minister of Culture" Zheng Lijun, and well-known Taiwanese host Xie Zhenwu are all likely to run for election, and there are also former "Transportation Minister" Lin Jialong who may run, but Lin Jialong said that he did not have this will. In contrast, among these people, Chen Shizhong still has the highest voice, after all, he is the leader of Taiwan's health and welfare department. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi Electronic News", a recent comparative poll of Taipei mayors showed that Chen Shizhong's support was 22.5% and Lin Jialong's support was 19.6%. From the analysis of various indications, Chen Shizhong will be Jiang Wan'an's biggest competitor.
The People's Party camp has now put forward the current vice mayor Huang Shanshan to run, and her candidacy is supported by the current chairman of the People's Party and Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe. There is also an episode in which Former KmT Vice Chairman Hao Longbin tried to do the work of the People's Party and wanted to "unite" with the People's Party against the DPP, but Ko Wenzhe refused. The "blue-white combination" did not succeed, and Ke Wenzhe advised Hao Longbin to engage in "blue-green union", and he would defeat the "blue-green combination". There was a joke in it, but it hit Hao Longbin's face hard. This means that the People's Party has made a desperate bet to resolutely compete with the KMT and the DPP.
Therefore, in the competition for the mayor of Taipei, a situation of "three strong" competition has been formed, although Jiang Wan'an has a greater chance of winning, but if Huang Shanshan runs, she will take part of the votes of the Kuomintang camp and weaken Jiang Wan'an's strength. This is like the Three Kingdoms War, if Shu and Wu cooperate, they can resist the State of Wei, and if Shu and Wu are not in harmony, Wei may break Shu and Wu. Huang Shanshan's candidacy is unfavorable to Jiang Wan'an, and it is possible that the sandpipers will fight each other and the DPP will benefit. However, due to the "six consecutive defeats" suffered by the KMT in the previous referendum, morale is low, not only the People's Party, but even the new Party has lost confidence in the KMT and is determined to send a "nine-in-one" candidate on its own. This has created a pattern of disunity and fragmentation of the opposition parties, and due to the weakness of the opposition parties, this is conducive to the ruling party expanding its achievements and continuing to govern.
Whether Jiang Wan'an can be elected mayor of Taipei will be put aside first, and a few days ago another news broke out, which is a knock on Taiwan's political situation. According to a report by the Taiwan Strait Network, Wang Zaixi, former vice president of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations and vice president of the All-China Association for the Study of Taiwan, said in a recent interview with the media that the next five years will be a crucial period for China to resolve the Taiwan issue and realize the reunification of the motherland. Although this is not a time node for the mainland to reunify Taiwan, it also means a little. Cross-strait reunification can no longer be postponed, the song of "going to Taiwan in 2035" has already been sung, and Jiang Wan'an's attitude toward the cross-strait issue when he is running for mayor of Taipei will inevitably arouse great concern in public opinion. On January 6, 2019, Jiang Wan'an once publicly supported Tsai Ing-wen in a program, claiming that "all four must be right", which made the unification public opinion condemn her for a while. Jiang Wan'an is a "star of tomorrow" actively cultivated by the Kuomintang, and it remains to be seen what color the "star" will emit, whether it is "independence" or "reunification" or "blue skin and green bones." Everything must be waited and seen.