Preface
Seeing that Taiwan is getting closer and closer to changing candidates, Lai Qingde is about to take office as Taiwan's leader.
However, before Lai Qingde took office, there was news that many blue camp dignitaries were not ready to attend his inauguration ceremony.
In particular, the Kuomintang directly responded to this matter and refused to attend the inauguration ceremony on the grounds that "Monday" was work.
Jiang Wanan was even more perfunctory, and the reason for refusing to attend was: the itinerary collided.
The invitation letter was sent, but people did not come, which undoubtedly made Lai Qingde unable to come to the stage in public.
In the face of such a tragic situation, how will Lai Qingde respond?
The two forces are incompatible
As the date of Lai Qingde's inauguration on May 20 is getting closer.
While excited, Lai Qingde may have encountered a lot of trouble recently.
Global Times——2024-05-14——"Lai Qingde takes office, most of the blue camp is uncertain to attend"
Because the invitation to the inauguration ceremony was sent, but the news I got was that none of them participated in the inauguration ceremony.
And this is not simply a question of participation or non-participation, but a reflection of many political issues.
After receiving the invitation letter, Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun did not give a clear answer whether to go or not.
But from what he said to reporters, it can be seen that the probability of his participation is very low.
He said that no matter whether he goes or not, he will not be able to reconcile the government and the opposition.
The most important thing is whether the DPP is willing to let Taiwan move towards a virtuous circle, otherwise what difference does it make if you participate in the ceremony or not?
Strait Herald - 2024-05-10 - "Jiang Wanan and Lan Yingmin will be absent from Lai Qingde's inauguration ceremony"
After being asked whether he would attend the inauguration ceremony, Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan bluntly said that he had not even received an invitation letter.
However, I did have other arrangements on the day, so I didn't participate.
And the party secretary Hong Mengkai's answer was even more unique, he said that it was a working day.
Everyone from the Kuomintang has to go to work, doesn't this mean that they can't go a little?
But such a move by the Kuomintang may also be expected by the DPP.
After all, their relationship has almost reached the point of incompatibility.
Until it was reported that Zhu Lilun did not receive the invitation letter at all.
This news was undoubtedly very "humiliating" to the Kuomintang, and Jiang Wanan had previously claimed that he had not received the invitation letter.
Therefore, netizens speculated that the reason why the Kuomintang so directly stated that it would not participate was because of the "arrogance" of the DPP.
The first is to face the trouble given to him by Tsai Ing-wen, after all, for Tsai Ing-wen, she still wants to continue to realize her "political ambitions".
So before she stepped down, she left a "big gift" for Lai Qingde.
Since internal attendees can't be there, what about foreign guests?
Tsai Ing-wen broke Chen Shui-bian's record
In the face of the arrival of foreign guests, the DPP authorities said that more than 400 foreign guests would attend the inauguration ceremony of Lai Qingde.
Global Times——2024-04-17——Taiwan Media Reveals Sharp Decline in Foreign Guests at Lai Qingde's Inauguration Ceremony"
It includes more than 40 overseas missions, as well as the leaders and deputy leaders of 8 countries.
This number sounds like the number of foreign guests who came to the ceremony was quite impressive.
However, after careful comparison, some netizens found that this was not a little bit worse than when Tsai Ing-wen came to power.
When Tsai Ing-wen came to power, there were 700 foreign guests in attendance, and among them there were 22 "countries with diplomatic relations."
Even if it is not a "diplomatic relationship", there are 37 countries.
Isn't this comparison very bleak? But why is there such a disparity?
Is it because Lai Qingde's popularity is not good?
Observer.com——2018-08-21——"Taiwan's "History of Breaking Diplomatic Relations": Tsai Ing-wen "Breaks" 5 in Two Years, and 17 "Diplomatic Relations" Left
In fact, this is not a personal reason, but thanks to Chen Shui-bian and Tsai Ing-wen.
You must know that when Chen Shui-bian first came to power, the number of "countries with diplomatic relations" with Taiwan was 29.
It is also quite ironic, since Chen Shui-bian took office, he has been engaged in diplomacy for eight years, and what is the result?
Taiwan's "countries with diplomatic relations" have been directly reduced by six.
Netizens couldn't help but shout that Chen Shui-bian's diplomacy is no longer necessary, and there is no longer anything to do!
Huanqiu.com——2024-05-10——"Wu Zhaoxie admits that the two "countries with diplomatic relations" have long-term hidden concerns, and speculation on the island may be Haiti and Guatemala"
So with everyone's expectations, I finally waited for Tsai Ing-wen to come to power.
Good guy, Tsai Ing-wen is even more exaggerated, in just three years, it took Chen Shui-bian eight years to break six.
When it came to Tsai Ing-wen, it took more than three years for people to reach Chen Shui-bian's "achievements," which is simply speechless.
Even the United States can't stand it, and Tsai Ing-wen has frequently asked Taiwan to sever diplomatic relations.
So on the Solomon Islands, US Vice President Mike Pence personally went into battle.
tried to turn the tide of Tsai Ing-wen's defeat, but unfortunately, she was still powerless.
As a matter of fact, the reason why the United States extends assistance to Taiwan is inseparable from its own interests.
But when it comes to Tsai Ing-wen, the relationship with the United States has become her way of showing off.
During Tsai Ing-wen's time in power, there were a total of 10 "countries with diplomatic relations" that severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
With the addition of Chen Shui-bian's six, these two alone have a "record" of 16 breaks.
In this regard, netizens also said that it is no wonder that there are only 400 foreign guests left at Lai Qingde's inauguration ceremony.
And when Lai Qingde took office, there was more than this trouble waiting for him.
The mainland terminated tariff concessions on Taiwan for a number of products
When Tsai Ing-wen was about to step down, the news of "amnesty" for Chen Shui-bian came out.
This undoubtedly shocked many people and did not understand why she did this.
Global Times——2024-05-10——Taiwan media said that Tsai Ing-wen may pardon Chen Shui-bian before leaving office
In fact, some people speculate that this may be Tsai Ing-wen's "stumbling block" to Lai Qingde.
Because Lai Qingde wanted Tsai Ing-wen to pardon Chen Shui-bian before, Tsai Ing-wen ignored it.
In addition, in recent days, Lai Qingde has frequently shown a friendly attitude to the mainland in order to be elected.
Then everyone will certainly wait and see how Chen Shui-bian will be handled after he takes office.
Taiwan Strait Network——2024-05-08——Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Relations Facing an Important Turning Point
In addition, the mainland has always been very tolerant of Taiwan.
Therefore, there have been a lot of policies to benefit Taiwan that have been introduced to Taiwan, and the purpose is to promote friendly exchanges between the mainland and Taiwan.
However, with the tension in the Taiwan Strait, the mainland has also stopped the tax reduction policy for some products.
Therefore, Taiwan will not be able to enjoy the economic benefits of the mainland to a certain extent.
Coupled with the pile of "messes" left by Tsai Ing-wen, what awaits Lai Qingde will be a very difficult battle.
How he will fight this battle and whether he will sincerely contribute to the development of cross-strait relations will depend on how he will behave.