Through Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, it is not difficult for us to see that Tsai still has a tough and resolute attitude toward opposing reunification, so why is Tsai so resolute in his attitude toward Taiwan independence? Today, I will take you to understand cai's personal resume perspective to interpret the reasons.
01 Cai Jiesheng's influence
Speaking of Cai's "special love" for Taiwan independence, I have to mention a person who has a profound impact on her life, her father- Cai Jiesheng.
Tsai was born in Taiwan in 1918, 23 years after the signing of the Treaty of Maguan in 1895 and 23 years of Japanese rule in Taiwan. Cai Jiesheng's education is Japan's education, living habits, etc. are also closer to Japan, one side of the water and soil to nurture one person, Cai Jiesheng's pro-Japanese thoughts and deeds to Tsai Ing-wen is not difficult to understand, from Tsai Ing-wen has a Japanese name is not difficult to see.
Cai Jiesheng went to the Tohoku Mechanical School in 1936 to study aircraft maintenance (at this time, Tohoku had been in the fall of 5 years), and his main job was to repair fighter jets and bombers for the Japanese Kwantung Army. Obviously, fighters and bombers are not children's toys, but are used on the battlefield of the war of aggression against China. It is self-evident how many Chinese military and civilian casualties have been indirectly caused.
It was not until 1945, when Japan announced its unconditional surrender, that Cai Jiesheng returned to Taiwan, but cai Jiesheng was secretive about working for the Japanese army and did not talk about it (in fact, it was a traitor).
Cai Jiesheng returned to Taiwan, and with his pro-Japanese status as an "imperial citizen", he received some gifts from the Japanese army (when the Japanese army retreated, it sold public property to pro-Japanese private people, and Cai Jiesheng was one of them), made a fortune by opening an automobile repair shop, and then invested in other industries in Taiwan, purchased real estate, and relied on land hoarding and resale of sublease land use rights to make a large windfall.
Today, the Cai family also owns a number of enterprises such as Futi Investment, Taimao Biotechnology, Yuchang Biotechnology, etc., and its industries span many fields such as real estate, gas stations, sightseeing hotels, driving ranges, sports equipment, auto parts and accessories.
The Tsai family is already a rich family in Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen's father, Cai Jiesheng
Tsai Ing-wen is born to Tsai Jiesheng and the fourth aunt Zhang Jinfeng, there must be a son of his father, Cai Jiesheng's pro-Japanese, not without influence on Tsai Ing-wen, as the saying goes, parents are the best teachers of children, parents on the day, how can children not agree, lack of belonging to China, it is not difficult to understand that there is a barrier between Chinese culture.
02 Education in the context of the times
Tsai Ing-wen was born in 1956, at this time Taiwan was in the era of Chiang Kai-shek's rule, "Taiwan is orthodox, blowing up the clarion call to counterattack the mainland" slogan did not do less, to chiang ching-kuo rule era, "go to China and oppose China" propaganda is even more sparing efforts, so Tsai from childhood to the mainland how good the perception of the mainland, everyone can imagine.
The family's pro-Japanese tendencies also continued to Tsai Ing-wen's body, through Tsai Ing-wen's "holiday mecca" first Japan, fluent In Japanese, at the inauguration ceremony of Taiwan's leadership, Nobuo Kishi, the younger brother of Shinzo Abe (who visited the Yasukuni Shrine many times and died of assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan), personally attended the ceremony, and it is not difficult to see that Tsai Ing-wen's pro-Japanese education was very "successful".
In his congratulatory message to Tsai, Mr. Abe said Taiwan was an old friend of Japan. At that time, some Taiwanese media said that looking at their relationship, Abe would be more appropriate if he changed the congratulatory message to "Tsai Ing-wen is an old friend of Japan."
Abe's younger brother Nobuo Kishi
03 Political "life mentor" -- the leader of Taiwan independence
If Tsai Ing-wen's life experience made her choose to become Taiwan independence, then political Taiwan independence cannot be separated from the teaching of one person, that is, the leader of Taiwan independence -- Lee Teng-hui.
Lee Teng-hui served as the leader of the Taiwan region and the chairman of the Kuomintang of China from 1988 to 2000, and the spiritual leader of the Taiwan Solidarity Alliance. During his term of office, he advocated "Taiwan independence" and put forward the "two-state theory," which led to the deterioration of cross-strait relations.
During Lee Teng-hui's administration, Tsai Ing-wen participated in the drafting of the so-called "special two-state theory, and after the Democratic Progressive Party "came to power" in 2000, she became the chairman of the Taiwan authorities' department in charge of mainland affairs. Originally a non-party member, Tsai Ing-wen joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 2004 and was elected as a "legislator" of the "Whole Taiwan" division in the same year.
In 2006, he was appointed deputy head of the Taiwan administrative department. After being persuaded and recommended by Li Yuanzhe, Tsai Ing-wen ran for the head of the Democratic Progressive Party. On May 20, 2008, she became the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, becoming the first female party chairman of a major political party in Taiwan.
When Tsai Ing-wen took the political line, Lee Teng-hui could be described as Tsai's leader, political mentor, and smelly political tendencies.
Although the two had divisive tendencies over political issues, Li's political help to Cai was not insignificant.
Tsai Ing-wen and Lee Teng-hui