The Straits Herald (reporter Xue Yang @ Taiwan Strait Master Brother) has only faded out of politics for a few months, and Lin Jialong, a former "minister of transportation" of the Taiwan authorities, recently returned to the media under the spotlight of the media under the pretext of engaging in "public welfare activities." In April this year, the tragedy of the derailment of the Taiwan Railways caused 49 deaths, and the accident also caused a serious impact on the career of Green Camp political star Lin Jialong, who had to step down to calm the people's grievances. However, before he resigned for 5 months, Lin Jialong could not stay idle, and in the eyes of the outside world, his comeback to do public welfare should be the first step to return to the political arena.
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In late August, Taiwan's "Control Yuan" issued a special issue on honest government, saying that Lin Jialong and his wife Liao Wanru had a total deposit of 152.02 million yuan (NT$, the same below), 132.2 million yuan of negotiable securities, and the accumulated insurance premiums paid were equivalent to a total amount of 31.13 million yuan, and if land and other assets were added, the total value of the two people exceeded 300 million yuan.
In fact, Lin Jialong's family background in his early years was very ordinary, he was born in Yunlin in 1964, and his father was a tailor. Fortunately, Lin Jialong has had excellent grades since childhood, and after graduating from Taiwan University, he went to the United States to study and obtained a doctorate from Yale University.
Mr. and Mrs. Lin Jialong
After Lin Jialong returned to Taiwan, he married a rich wife, and his wife Liao Wanru was the niece of Xu Wenlong, the founder of Qimei Industry. Hsu Wen-lung, 93, is Taiwan's veteran billionaire, who became famous around 2004 for being a "green Taiwan businessman." Finally he issued a statement expressing his support for "one China across the strait." Relying on the strong assets of his wife's family, Lin Jialong wants to be poor, and this time he stepped down due to the Taiwan Railway accident, and some Taiwan media ridiculed him as "even if he is unemployed, his life is not bad money."
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Lin Jialong usually acts in a low-key manner, and why his cross-strait position has aroused curiosity from the outside world. In fact, as early as the period of national taiwan university, Lin Jialong developed a strong interest in mainland issues, served as the president of the mainland studies society (hereinafter referred to as the "mainland society") of the university, and led the "mainland society" to develop from a kuomintang peripheral society into a dissenting society.
Lin Jialong
Lin Jialong also has a little-known experience, in 1995, when he accepted the invitation of the Ford Foundation of the United States, he went to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and other cities to investigate the grass-roots governance of the mainland. It should be said that he has a certain understanding of the mainland.
After 2000, Lin Jialong successively served as the spokesman of the Executive Yuan, the "director of the Information Bureau", the "legislator", the mayor of Taichung, and the "minister of transportation".
Lin Jialong is the master brother of the "orthodox congressional department" within the DPP and the actual responsible person of the faction. In recent years, Chen Tingfei and others who belong to this faction have repeatedly advocated "constitutional revision", which has been refuted by the mainland side by name.
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Entering the post-Tsai Ing-wen era, the DPP is facing succession problems, and Lin Jialong has also been named for the Green Camp 2024 "general election" candidates, but its momentum is not as good as Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan and Taiwan Deputy Leader Lai Qingde.
But with the occurrence of the Taiwan Railway accident, all this seems to be getting farther and farther away from Lin Jialong, but he is not dead hearted. On the 28th of this month, Lin Jialong launched the "Photosynthetic Trip" public welfare journey through the Light and Harmony Foundation he established, the time point is about one year after the 2022 nine-in-one election, and the members of the "Main Congress" department have recently moved frequently, which may affect the layout of the Green Camp election. Some analysts said that Lin Jialong may elect the mayor of New Taipei, dare to call the current mayor Hou Youyi, can show boldness and momentum, and take the opportunity to accumulate political capital. Moreover, You Xikun, the founder of the "Main Congress", also elected the mayor of New Taipei, and Lin Jialong was not without roots there.
You Xikun was elected mayor of New Taipei
For the 2024 "general election", Lai Qingde and Zheng Wencan gradually opened the gap, Zheng is also anxious, hoping to go to a higher level, if he can become the "chief executive", he can have more resources, and then win the support of all factions in the party. But also because Zheng's action is too large, coupled with taoyuan epidemic prevention is considered to be the breakthrough of the local epidemic outbreak, Zheng's polls have declined, and he has distanced himself from Lai, which makes Lin Jialong think that he may also have a chance in the 2024 "general election".
Voters on the island are forgetful, such as Su Zhenchang and Xie Changting, who vowed to quit politics more than a decade ago, but they are still good officials, and even Su Zhenchang was touted as the so-called "president of the country" last year. For Lin Jialong, it is not impossible that one day a gust of wind will blow in the political arena and he will suddenly rise to life.