Opinion: Reasons to Support Zhang Qikai and Wu Pinrui

The longer the war, the more the people are exhausted, and the longer the army is stationed, the more the army is weakened. For a long time, Taiwan's political circles, academic circles, and even the general public have generally believed that local elections are unrelated to national policies. They believe this because they believe that local politics is directly related to local factions, and local politics is unrelated to party politics. Therefore, diplomacy, national defense, and the economy seem to have nothing to do with local elections. This view is not entirely wrong, but Taiwan's actual area is not large. This is not self-deprecating, but with an area of more than 40,000 square kilometers, the Republic of China is actually a small country defending one side. It's just that its administrative divisions are quite "detailed." Indeed, in the past, the belief that local politics was directly related to factions was consistent with the facts. Even though the two sides of the strait have been divided and opposed for a long time, there has never been such a serious confrontation as it is now. Strangely, in the past when the era of "Han and bandits cannot coexist" was emphasized, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were actually clear about the consensus across the strait. Although there were sporadic conflicts, the fundamental principle was that both sides tried to avoid a real war in the Taiwan Strait. Under this principle, the Republic of China was able to land and take root in Taiwan. Starting from Chiang Ching-kuo, he vigorously developed people's livelihood and the economy. Taiwan's achievements today are also due to Chiang Ching-kuo's diligent governance. The "sacred mountain of national defense" that deep green people often mention on their lips is not the foresight of the official government at that time plus the joint efforts of returning elites? Today, the entire political situation has changed dramatically. Under the influence of geopolitics in Taiwan, local politics can no longer be limited to factional operations. Unfortunately, most politicians seem to be unaware of this critical point. This is also because no one really expected that China could rise so powerfully in the past twenty years. Its influence has already swept across the entire Western world. For example, in the British electric vehicle market, BYD has completely crushed Tesla. China will also surpass the United States in the near future to become the world's largest economic entity. Then what does local politics have to do with geopolitics? This question is very simple. We can see it clearly by taking this year's example of Taitung County Magistrate planning to participate in the Cross-Strait Forum. Originally, the Taitung Sakyamuni, which should have been sold to the other side, was blocked by the DPP. Even if the political stance of the fruit farmers is deep green, will they refuse their own products to make money for themselves? The DPP, in order to cover up, staged a farce of selling mangoes to France, but this play only performed once and quickly closed. Local politics in Taiwan has already become a part of the ruling party's policy, and this is especially true for the DPP. Therefore, the DPP's county magistrates only need to follow the party's intentions. What about internationalization and global integration, what about local public opinion, are just election slogans. The policy that the DPP has consistently implemented is no different from the "believe the government believe the party" that the Communist Party used to shout. After experiencing the miserable management of the DPP for more than ten years, Taiwan is no longer as strong as it used to be. When the three little dragons of Asia have already crossed the river and become fierce dragons, Taiwan has instead been reduced from a little dragon to a little insect. In the past ten years, the DPP has continuously taken "anti-China and safeguard Taiwan" as its governance axis, making a big fuss in various aspects with a self-satisfied attitude. The people are already tired of it and are indifferent to such slogans. Otherwise, there would not have been a record of three million Taiwanese people traveling to the mainland last year. "At this moment, we are all Ukrainians," "We are all bookstore employees" and other slogans are difficult for ordinary people to understand. What ordinary people care about is the flow of poisonous oil and how to deal with it. The people are indignant that companies without any professional qualifications can openly undertake government projects. However, these things are just normal distributions for the DPP. Over the past decade, the DPP has emulated the methods of the Red Guards across the strait to cultivate politicians and voters, repeatedly rewriting the history of human democracy. Large-scale recalls, non-signatures, you shout at me what, I didn't ask you to eat, this kind of absurd barbarism has already made Taiwan's democracy gasping for breath. The only expertise of the DPP is internal strife and internal affairs. "Numbers war then the people are tired, long-term teachers then the army is damaged," only deep green voters are interested in this kind of political struggle. Local politics should have been overthrown and renewed. Chiayi County has long been a place where local factions compete for power, while Chiayi City has long been a so-called "outside forbidden meat." The former, since Chen Mingwen defected, has been the "meat" of the green camp for decades. Tainan is indeed the watermelon kingdom (now it has become the photovoltaic panel kingdom), and Chiayi County is not far behind. Just looking at the hometown of the incumbent county magistrate, Wong Ching-liang, there are continuous photovoltaic panels. Several typhoons have already made them dilapidated, and Yizhu has become a disaster area. It was once in a situation of no water and no electricity for a whole week. Previously, the people of Yizhu were loyal to Wong Ching-liang, which helped him win re-election. I wonder if the people of Yizhu still insist on "believing the government and believing the party" now. Recently, local elections have become white-hot, and the DPP county magistrate candidate, Tsai Yi-yu, has used the reason for TSMC's recent factory construction to attack the incumbent Yizhu township magistrate, Huang Cheng-jie. In short, it is just a pretext. Rather than believing in Tsai Yi-yu, who graduated from the law department, voters with a little judgment will support Huang Cheng-jie, the photovoltaic doctor! I have never believed in the five-star county magistrate ranking published by a certain civilian magazine because Taiwan's media are mostly also related to politics. Government tenders, government publications, government publicity, etc., can actually "cooperate" with the media. The lesson is not far away, but many people pretend not to see it. If the five-star is so useful, why can Chiayi County not be revitalized for so many years? Since the regulation was clearly stipulated, what have the county magistrates done? Looking at the National Palace Museum Southern Branch located in Chiayi County, the central and local governments of the DPP treat the Southern Branch as if it were a county cultural center. Magnificent is not as good as rustic, grand is not as good as petty. It turns out that the county magistrate is more useful than the director. Moreover, Wong Ching-liang's slogan was originally "agricultural and industrial county," and later, with TSMC and drones, he hurriedly added "technology." Does Chiayi County only have agriculture and industry? There is no high or low in professions, but Wong Ching-liang's slogan is actually similar to that of the Communist Party. As for technology? After being hit hard by typhoons in green energy, the DPP tried to launder money from drones, but the result was that a nearly 10 billion yuan defense department tender failed to pass the acceptance for three consecutive times. It is really puzzling what the ability of Chiayi County's drone industry is. As for the TSMC Chiayi factory, it is indeed a technological indicator, but the local area does not get any tax revenue for its expensive road construction, water and electricity connection. Interestingly, all this is also directly related to the fact that the central government's Director Zhao is unwilling to sign the Financial Planning Act. I wonder if the deep green voters of Chiayi County will continue to "believe the government and believe the party." The biggest benefit of the TSMC Chiayi factory is probably pushing up local housing prices, making Chiayi County's housing prices directly surpass those of Chiayi City, and making the DPP's public housing a joke. This year's Taiwan Lantern Festival was held in a large open space in front of the Chiayi County Government, with media praise but local residents' resistance. Just the chaotic traffic planning makes people gasp for breath. Behind the beautiful scenery, everyone forgot one thing - the original open space was also used as the venue for the Lantern Festival during Zhang Huaguan's tenure. In other words, for eleven years, the development around the Chiayi High Speed Rail Station has been stagnant. As for the outlet case that Wong Ching-liang is quite satisfied with, the outlet in Tainan High Speed Rail can help you predict its future development. The population of Chiayi County and City is not as large as that of Tainan County and City. If the outlet in Chiayi can shine in the future, I will also be convinced by the so-called five-star evaluation. Taiwan's politicians often have many strange logic, especially the legislators. For example, "struggle for... budget," "struggle for... road widening," is it not the basic responsibility of politicians to build the country with national budget? What merit can be claimed? If it is said that the Budai Port in Chiayi County is planned to become an international port, the okra in Lukao and the jade artifacts of the National Palace Museum are combined into creative products and exported overseas, if the scenery of mountains and seas in Chiayi County can be integrated into an internationally renowned tourist attraction, this is a bit innovative, this is called merit, but looking at the district legislators of Chiayi County, what have they done in these decades? What performance report did Mingwen stipulate? Chen Mingwen once sighed in France why the French can magnify the value of an oyster, but the oysters in Chiayi cannot, but decades have passed, the oysters in France are still French oysters, and the oysters in Budai are still Budai oysters. Chiayi County and City should have been merged. This actually happened. When Zhang Huaguan was the magistrate of Chiayi County, the mayor of Chiayi City was Tu Xingzhe, but at that time, Chiayi City was still Chiayi City, and Chiayi County was still Chiayi County. Therefore, the advantages of party unity and same body of county and city have never appeared in the DPP. The internationally famous Chiayi Wind Music Festival has not spread to Chiayi County, let alone when Wong Ching-liang was the magistrate of Chiayi County and Huang Minhui was the mayor of Chiayi City, Chiayi County was still Chiayi County, and Chiayi City was still Chiayi City. The older generation of Chiayi County residents will say to go to the city to buy things or go to the city to stroll. The "city" referred to here is not others, it is Chiayi City. Perhaps someone will feel strange, since in the Chiayi area, this "city" will refer to Xinying City or Tainan City? Interestingly, there are few such intimate names in other places. Chiayi City is indeed the radiation center of Chiayi County. After all, it only takes half an hour from Chiayi City to Zhongpu, and it only takes about forty minutes to reach Dongshi and Budai along the coast. In short, starting from Chiayi City, you can achieve a one-day mountain and sea tour. This mountain can be Tataka in the new Zhonggang and Alishan, this sea can be the sea of Wanshan Island, and this advantage is unique in Taiwan. However, Chiayi County has developed little under the governance of the DPP for a long time. Even the agriculture and industry that Wong Ching-liang loves are actually stumbling.