Showdown Between Reunification & Independence: Han Kuo-yu Must Not Procrastinate

 Showdown Between Reunification & Independence: Han Kuo-yu Must Not Procrastinate

China Times Editorial (Taipei, Taiwan)

March 20, 2019

 Translation of an Excerpt

Lai Ching-te, self-styled "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker," declared that he would enter the DPP’s presidential primary, dropping a bombshell for the 2020 election. The hardest hit is of course incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen; whether she could get re-elected has already been filled with variables. However, what is more worthy of concern is not Tsai Ing-wen’s personal power or position, but this self-appointed primogenital linear descendent of the Taiwan independence faction Lai Ching-te. If he should be elected president, Taiwan would fall into a deep abyss.

Lai Ching-te is unquestionably a seasoned political actuary; his gambit this time is ferocious, pungent, and resolute, not leaving Tsai Ing-wen an iota of room for maneuvering. His opening gambit even named Han Kuo-yu as opponent, wanting a showdown with Han, tantamount to delivering an invitation for a duel to Han Kuo-yu. At this critical moment, it is not up to Han Kuo-yu to procrastinate, but he should accept the invitation, not for Han Kuo-yu himself, nor for the KMT, but at the moment when Lai Ching-te was hoisting the big standard of Taiwan independence challenging for the highest office of the land, Han Kuo-yu has the responsibility to do battle for Taiwan, defeating Taiwan independence, and saving Taiwan from disaster.

The crux of the 2020 election lies not in letting the KMT return to power, but in unseating the DPP which supports Taiwan independence, especially halting Lai Ching-te, who hoists a bright-colored Taiwan independence standard. In the next year's election campaign, the DPP's strategy is crystal clear, that is, hate China, China-phobia, and counter China, using all opportunities to create cross-Strait confrontations, rupturing the social fabric, using ideologies to anesthetize the masses, and covering up the abuse of power and incompetence in the past three years; in other words, it is "consider prolonging political power for itself, while caring nothing for the life and death of Taiwan."

May we ask Han Kuo-yu: letting the DPP remain in office for another four years, can Kaohsiung make any progress? Can it strive for the economy? Can Han Kuo-yu possibly fulfill the pledges he made to Kaohsiung? Precisely because of Kaohsiung, Han Kuo-yu must halt the DPP’s re-election, and to halt the DPP’s re-election, the best approach is for Han Kuo-yu to represent the KMT, while integrating all anti-Taiwan independence forces to run for the presidency.

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