{"id":23785,"date":"2024-04-02T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T04:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=23785"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:14:39","slug":"__trashed-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/__trashed-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Wave in Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taiwanese believe Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) is the island’s way-out of then Blue<\/strong> and Green.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Mike Chu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University student Huang Bo-lin is a supporter of Taiwan People\u2019s Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI support him because of all the work he has done as the mayor of Taipei City. He has made everything (government issues) transparent and public [to the people],\u201d Huang says in a photo-taking event featuring Ko. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huang is also impressed by Ko\u2019s promotional tactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe support Ko has gained by social media has allowed him to avoid competing over traditional media outlets which are mostly manipulated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Kuomintang (KMT),\u201d Huang adds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Supporters of Ko Wen-je throw confetti as Ko is making his speech to the crowd on Ketagalan Boulevard.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Presidential election candidate Ko Wen-je speaking to his supporters in the last election rally in New Taipei City.\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    A young Ko Wen-je supporter waving the flag that writes \u2018Kp\u2019 in the last election rally by the Taiwan People's Party in New Taipei City.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    The DPP and KMT are the two biggest parties in Taiwan with much longer history, representing the green camp and the blue camp respectively, while white is the colour for TPP founded in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chen, who declined to reveal his full name, aged 40, shares Huang\u2019s view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cPolls conducted by traditional media outlets which are controlled by blue and green camps always found Ko as the least popular in their surveys,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A supporter who nicknamed herself as Baibai thinks the rivalry between DPP and KMT are detrimental to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cTaiwanese are conditioned to think that they can only choose DPP or KMT. That is limiting their thoughts about what options they actually have,\u201d Baibai says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ko earned 3.6 million or 26% of the votes, falling short of Kuomintang\u2019s Hou Yu-ih at 33% and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party\u2019s president-elect William Lai Ching-te at 40%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ko’s campaign has attracted a lot of young people, which is supported by statistics. According to an analysis conducted by the News Lens, a Taiwanese online media outlet, around 48% of 20-39-year-old voted for Ko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      A supporter of Ko Wen-je with a headband that writes \u2018fight once without hesitation\u2019.\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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      A supporter of Ko Wen-je burst out in tears as Ko admits defeat in the last election rally.\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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      A supporter of Ko Wen-je holds up the sign writes, \u2018Abandon blue and green, safeguard Taiwan; to hand the country back to you,\u2019 at a photo-taking event.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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      Presidential election candidate Ko Wen-je attends a photo-taking event in Ximending.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Associate fellow Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang of the Foundation for Future Generations Taiwan, says it is still too early for Ko and the TPP to challenge the two largest parties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cDespite an increase in voters who accept parties other than the two largest parties in the last legislative yuan election, the DPP and the KMT are still dominating. The landscape has not changed significantly ,\u201d Chiang says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cLoyalty to parties is shaped by real life experiences and that cannot be shifted in a short period of time,\u201d Chiang adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Voting station staff revealing the result of the voting in the polling station Ximen Elementary School.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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        A Kuomintang supporter wearing a hat which writes \u20182024 Taiwan starts over\u2019.\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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        A billboard that writes \u2018be united to fight for party rotation, Taiwan starts over\u2019.\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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        Edited by Kamun Lai<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Sub-edited by Perry Kwok<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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