Zhao Yixiang, head of the political group of Taiwan's "Representative Office in the United States," who was named "Brother Interpreter," announced that he had resigned and returned to Taiwan to challenge the election of deputies, and the constituency was planned in Taipei, which aroused the attention of public opinion on the island. In 2019, without participating in the "diplomatic special examination", Zhao Yixiang was appointed by the DPP authorities as the head of the political group of Taiwan's "representative office in the United States", and the outside world bitterly criticized "political remuneration" and "undermining the personnel system"; now Zhao Yixiang has announced that he has resigned and returned to Taiwan to run for election, and the Taiwan media sarcastically said, "With the support of the British family, the little British boy is really willful!" ”
Zhao Yixiang, 33 years old this year, became popular because he served as an English translator for an international press conference when Tsai Ing-wen won the 2016 "general election", and was named "Brother Interpreter", and the Taiwan media also called him "Little British Boy". However, turning over his family history, Zhao Yixiang can be described as "root zheng Miaolan", his grandfather was born in Jiangsu, once served as a "representative of the National University", his maternal grandfather was from Zhejiang, and later moved to Kaohsiung City, and his father Zhao Zhiqiang was the general manager of Ford Liuhe Automobile Taiwan. Zhao Yixiang was born in Neihu, Taipei in 1988 and belongs to the third generation of other provinces.
Because of his parents' work relationship, Zhao Yixiang often went to live with his family around the world after the age of four, living in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and finally settled in Canada. During this period, he returned to junior high school and studied at the attached middle school of Kaohsiung Normal University, but his academic performance was not good, so he had to return to Canada for education. Later, Zhao Yixiang was admitted to the Department of Political Science of York University in Canada, with a three-year academic system.
Why did Zhao Yixiang, who came from a deep blue family, turn to the DPP? According to him, a key reason is that his girlfriend's father, who was dating in college, influenced him. After graduating from university, Zhao Yixiang returned to Taiwan again and became a current political reporter for the English-language media "Taipei Times" under the green media "Liberty Times", responsible for running the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party.
It is very important to follow people, and Zhao Yixiang vividly interprets this with his "professional career". After joining the DEMOCRATIC Progressive Party in 2014, he successively served as a researcher at the Xiaoying Education Foundation and deputy director of the International Affairs Department of the Democratic Progressive Party. At the end of the 2016 "general election", an international press conference was held after Tsai Ing-wen was elected, and Zhao Yixiang served as a real-time interpreter, which became popular overnight and was known as "brother interpreter". In this regard, he himself also feels inexplicable, "Chinese and English are not very standard", why is it red?
Zhao Yixiang has since been cultivated by the Democratic Progressive Party and became the chief of the office of Wu Zhaoxie, a confidant of Tsai Ing-wen. In 2019, Wu Zhaoxie, head of Taiwan's foreign-related department, sent him to the United States to take over as the head of the political team of the "Representative Office in the United States", with an annual salary of about NT$3.24 million. The position is very important in the island's foreign-related system, there are only fourteen grades in Taiwan's civilian system, and Zhao Yixiang's appointment to the twelfth grade is a very high position.
Jie Wenji, who had held the post, said that the political group leader and the general under his command of the "representative office in the United States" are all first-rate generals in Taiwan's foreign-related system, and everyone in Washington "can find a way with their eyes closed." Those who assume their duties are first and foremost deep local connections, connections and prestige, and Zhao Yixiang obviously has none. Jie Wenji angrily said that before he became the leader of the political group, he had worked hard for 20 years, and the DPP simply abolished the "diplomatic special examination"! In the future, if you decide to employ people, it will be up to you Wu Zhaoxie alone to decide."
Correspondence
Li Zhenghao, a famous mouth on the island, analyzed at the time that the real reason why the DPP was scolded for appointing Zhao Yixiang was "in order to cultivate the next generation of 'pro-independence diplomats.'" He said: There are many people in the DPP who are good at fighting election battles, but "diplomatic" talents are scarce, and "diplomats" are the officials who can most personally feel the infeasability of "Taiwan independence." "It is conceivable that the DPP will have a talent with the consciousness of 'Taiwan independence' among many foreign-related officials." ”
Zhao Yixiang worked in Taiwan's "representative office in the United States," and his work was decent and he was still paid a high salary, which was recognized as a fat difference, but after only two years of working, he decided to return to Taiwan to run for election, which made the outside world look confused. It should be said that this person has political ambitions, as early as August 2016, for his own development, Zhao Yixiang gave up his Canadian citizenship.
In Taiwan's electoral society, politicians who want to take their careers to the next level usually have to run. Before the Taiwan Railway accident, lin Jialong, then the "minister of transportation", was from time to time arched to participate in the 2022 Taichung mayoral election, and he also showed a heart posture of ambition. In the eyes of the island's political figures, although the "minister" is highly powerful, after all, he is not elected in the election, it is not stable, and he will be tough when he is elected to a public office. Zhao Yixiang should also have this mentality, although the leader of the "representative office in the United States" is bright and beautiful, but if there is further development, it is bound to return to Taiwan to fight for elections.
It is reported that Zhao Yixiang has set the site of his candidacy in Taipei in an attempt to rely on his high popularity to make a hit. Taipei City Councilor Qiu Weijie speculated that because the "brother interpreter" is a British person, according to geographical relations, it is unlikely that he will choose Shilin Beitou District to be the Nangang Neihu District to run for election, because the candidates in those places are already full, and the most likely choice and the highest probability in the various districts of Taipei are the Songshan Xinyi District where Qiu Weijie himself is currently located.
Lian Shengwen, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang think tank, previously said that it is good that Zhao Yixiang wants to directly face the test of public opinion, "If this gentleman is running for election with the resources of the DPP, I am afraid that the first impact will be his own comrades in the party, and other candidates in the Green Camp will feel unfair." According to the analysis of public opinion on the island, Zhao Yixiang's return to Taiwan to run for election is equivalent to the British department wanting to cultivate children and soldiers, and Tsai Ing-wen also needs to have children and soldiers to help speak after leaving office.
Zhao Yixiang is regarded as a "little English boy"
Taiwan netizens also left a sarcastic message, "The color is right for the chicken dog to ascend to heaven, the color is wrong for the chicken dog to be restless", "green is indeed the color of promotion and wealth", "there is a relationship within the party, you can jump three levels without ability, anyway, the green camp people do not use their brains, just obey the party's will." ”
Straits Herald Xue Yang @ Taiwan Straits Master Brother