Since the Kuomintang recruited Hou Youyi to run for election in 2024, the situation of the group chasing the deer within the Blue Camp has ended. With the departure of former opponents one by one, Hou Youyi has become the focus of public opinion, and his position on major issues has been scrutinized by the outside world.
Some public opinion believes that if Hou Youyi cannot further improve the cross-strait proposition and integrate the views of the blue camp, then his 2024 election situation will be worrying, the blue camp will also be attacked by both the green camp and the white camp, and the Kuomintang is likely to miss the opportunity to come to power. The issue jeopardized the election and made Hou feel external pressure.
As the negative effects of Hou Youyi's position endangering the election, he himself also felt external pressure, so he chose to visit former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou and ask him for help. Hou Youyi posted on social media to thank Ma Ying-jeou for sharing his views on the Taiwan Strait issue, and Ma Ying-jeou's office said that Ma Ying-jeou would fully support Hou Youyi, and the entire Kuomintang was behind him.
While the Taiwan media are paying close attention to Hou Youyi's movements, the Americans are also very concerned about the development of the situation on the island. Ge Laiyi, a well-known US expert on the Taiwan Strait issue, said that the mainland side is uneasy about Hou Youyi on the grounds that Hou is "a native of his own province" and will make the mainland think of Lee Teng-hui. Ge Laiyi believes that the mainland is more optimistic about Ke Wenzhe, who has had exchanges and cooperation with Shanghai through the "Twin Cities Forum" during his tenure as mayor of Taipei, and if it is to choose between Hou Youyi, Lai Qingde, and Ke Wenzhe, the mainland is more inclined to Ke Wenzhe.
Ge Laiyi's remarks are reasonable, well-founded, and seem to be the case, but this is completely crooked, and the so-called "mainland is uneasy about Hou Youyi" is even more nonsense, and its intention is to hype up the mainland's interference in the election of the leader of the Taiwan region. Americans dream of sabotaging cross-strait relations, and it is simply a fantasy that American experts can think about the mainland. The truth is that it is the Americans themselves who are really jealous of Hou Youyi.
At the beginning of 2023, when Hou Youyi delivered a New Year's message, he declared that he would "not be a pawn of a strong country", which catered to the general psychological needs of the people on the island. Because in 2022, the United States has repeatedly sold arms to Taiwan, American experts have frequently "destroyed Taiwan" and "abandoned Taiwan", TSMC was also forced to build factories in the United States, and a series of events caused panic on the island, even Annette Lu, known as "Taiwan independence emerald", could not help but come forward and shout, could not follow the arrangements of the United States, otherwise the beautiful treasure island would become a "minelanded island".
Even so, no politician on the island dared to target the United States, and Hou Youyi's remarks of "not being a pawn of a strong country" were interpreted by the media as accusing the United States, which caused a shock in Washington, and since then, the United States has been very vigilant about Hou Youyi's every move.
Ge Laiyi reversed right and wrong, insisting that the mainland was uneasy about Hou Youyi, and the mainland supported Ke Wenzhe more, but anyone with discerning eyes could see that Ke Wenzhe had almost no chance of winning. Moreover, on the cross-strait issue, Hou Youyi is much more reliable than Ke Wenzhe, and the former can shout "oppose Taiwan independence" in an upright manner, but Ke Wenzhe cannot do it at all. After all, Ge Laiyi is an American, and he has a half-understanding of some details on the island, and he wanted to bring a crooked rhythm, but his clumsy methods make people see the traces of political manipulation carried out by the US side on the island.
In contrast, the manipulation methods of the green camp on the island are much more clever than Ge Laiyi, and if it is not for people who have been following the situation for a long time, it is not easy to feel that the green media has moved somewhere. For example, the recent flood of criticism of Hou Youyi on the island is a very strange thing, especially since these criticisms do not make sense from the perspective of the mainland and the "consensus of '92." This is because it is the DPP authorities who oppose the "consensus of '92," and the KMT's opinion is to adhere to the "consensus of '92." If criticism is to be made, it is also DPP Chairman Lai Qingde who bears the brunt of criticism.
As a result, Lai Qingde himself became invisible, and Hou Youyi, who declared that he "opposed Taiwan independence," suffered fiercely
Heavy artillery fire. This phenomenon is that the green camp is confusing the public, shifting targets, and trying to suppress Hou Youyi's support rate, after all, in 2024, the real opponent of DPP Chairman Lai Qingde is Hou Youyi.
For the mainland, if Hou Youyi wins in 2024, the cross-strait situation will be further improved, and the DPP can only sit on the cold bench for at least four years, and the momentum of the United States' continuous separatist activities through the DPP will be effectively curbed, and its overall Taiwan policy will also be forced to make adjustments.
As for the issue of cross-strait reunification after Hou Youyi came to power, no one can be counted on; Hou Youyi can improve cross-strait relations, but he cannot make more contributions. On the cross-strait issue, Ma Ying-jeou took a bigger step than Hou Youyi, and Ma Ying-jeou still had a very heavy homeland feeling, and resolutely returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors at the crucial moment in the development of cross-strait relations, which promoted the upsurge of cross-strait exchanges, but Ma Ying-jeou also failed to realize cross-strait reunification during his term of office. In other words, both Ma Ying-jeou and Hou Youyi are forces that can be fought for, but they are not necessarily the right people who can shoulder the ultimate great mission.
Only the firm support of the 1.4 billion sons and daughters of China and the strong combat power of the People's Liberation Army are trustworthy and trustworthy forces, and I believe that as the situation continues to improve, it is only a matter of time before the motherland finally returns to reunification. This problem can only be solved by ourselves, and not on the positions and statements of individual politicians.
At this uncertain moment, Taiwan's future is still full of challenges, and both Hou Youyi and other candidates need to think carefully about how to maintain Taiwan's peace and stability and how to promote the harmonious development of cross-strait relations. This is not only a political issue, but also a big issue related to the future destiny of the entire Taiwan. Only on the basis of unity and rationality can Taiwan move towards a brighter future.