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Chu to visit US Nov.10-16

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Chu to visit US Nov.10-16. Central News Agency (2015-11-03 18:03:57)

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-03
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Kuomintang chairman and presidential candidate Eric Liluan Chu will visit the United States from November 10 to 16, the ruling party announced Tuesday.

His Democratic Progressive Party counterpart, Tsai Ing-wen, made a similar tour of the US last spring which was widely hailed as a triumph. She met with top politicians and academics while also visiting government offices, a rarity for Taiwanese leaders due to the absence of official diplomatic relations and to protests from China.

The details of Chu’s itinerary were not immediately known, but it was believed to include the White House and the State Department, prominent think tanks and meetings with the Overseas Taiwanese community on both sides of the country. Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were believed to be included in the one-week voyage.     [FULL  STORY]

Tsai warns KMT

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-03
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai

Tsai warns KMT. Central News Agency (2015-11-03 18:16:41)

Tsai warns KMT. Central News Agency (2015-11-03 18:16:41)

Ing-wen on Tuesday warned the Kuomintang government not to harm Taiwan’s democracy by using any means possible to win the January 16 elections.

With only about 70 days left until polling day for a new president and for the Legislative Yuan, Tsai has managed to stay the frontrunner in opinion polls despite the KMT changing candidates last October 17, naming its chairman Eric Liluan Chu as its new contender.

Tsai said she had to remind the ruling camp that under the present situation, it should not use any means possible to provoke change which would harm Taiwan’s democracy and the national interest.

She specifically singled out the KMT’s advantages as the ruling party, allowing it to benefit from state resources during the campaign.     [FULL  STORY]

INTERVIEW: Huang-Peng partnership outlines vision for NPP

WANT WANT POLITICS?Legislative candidates Huang Kuo-chang and Neil Peng said their friendship began at protests against a possible media monopoly forming

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 03, 2015
By: Lin Hsin-han and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

What brought former Academia Sinica researcher Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) and award-

New Power Party legislative candidate Neil Peng speaks in Taipei on Aug. 31. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

New Power Party legislative candidate Neil Peng speaks in Taipei on Aug. 31. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

winning screenwriter and author Neil Peng (馮光遠) to devote themselves to politics, especially when the former had once sworn never to be affiliated with any political party and the latter had assigned himself the role of political adviser?

Both are running for legislative seats under New Power Party (NPP) banner.

Huang, elected NPP executive chairman in September, is poised to register his candidacy for New Taipei City’s 12th constituency, which includes Sijhih (汐止), Jinshan (金山), Wanli (萬里), Rueifang (瑞芳), Pingsi (平溪), Shuangsi (雙溪) and Gongliao (貢寮) districts.

Huang said he was mainly inspired by civil movements in 2013.     [FULL  STORY]

Chu: Wang is not unhappy

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-02
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Kuomintang Chairman and presidential candidate Eric Chu remarked during a radio talk

Chu: Wang is not unhappy. Central News Agency

Chu: Wang is not unhappy. Central News Agency

show Monday morning that Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng is not unhappy, stressing there was no tension or misunderstanding between them.

Chu downplayed speculations that the two have gone their separate ways as they have not been seen together during the party’s campaign efforts in the last few weeks.

“The presidential election is still two and a half months away, whether Wang chooses to join in on our campaign is a matter of personal decision,” he said.

When asked if he perceives Wang as an ally or a foe, Chu said there was no discrepancy between them, as he has always viewed and respected the political senior.

Chu denied any discord with Wang, and that the friction the latter has (or had) with former president Lee Teng-hui, PFP Chairman James Soong or President Ma Ying-jeou is an issue that remains between the elders.     [FULL  STORY]

Chu’s campaign slogan – ONE Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date 2015-11-01
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Chu coined his election campaign slogan “ONE

Chu’s campaign slogan – ONE Taiwan. Central News Agency

Chu’s campaign slogan – ONE Taiwan. Central News Agency

Taiwan,” a move which he said aims to bring unity and solidarity amongst the people, reports said Sunday.

“Unity is strength,” Chu quoted in his Facebook page, saying that in his past experience, endorsing the right campaign slogan could not be done without much debate and back-and-forth discussions. But this time around the decision was an instant click.

“When I had a list of slogans placed in front of me to choose from, I knew it had to be this one,” he wrote.

The presidential contender said simple words such as “unity, strength and action” led him to reflect on the economic and social challenges the island has had to face in the last few years. “Amid relentless criticisms and party infighting, we failed to stick together to find solutions for our troubles,” he explained on social media.     [FULL  STORY]

Tsai defends record on nation’s agricultural exports

Taipei Times
Date:  Nov 02, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, center, and DPP legislative candidate Huang Hsiu-fang, front second right, pose for a photograph at a campaign event in Changhua County yesterday. Photo: Chang Tsung-chiu, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, center, and DPP legislative candidate Huang Hsiu-fang, front second right, pose for a photograph at a campaign event in Changhua County yesterday. Photo: Chang Tsung-chiu, Taipei Times

yesterday said remarks made by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) — who said an election win for Tsai would harm agricultural exports — were “disappointing,” urging him to do more than just scare people.

“The KMT presidential candidate is unable to show his party’s achievements from good governance [in the past seven years], or to present complete and constructive planning for the economy and industries. Instead [Chu] only continuously plays the ‘threat’ card,” Tsai told reporters during a campaign outing in Changhua County.

“The people of Taiwan would be disappointed,” she said.

Instead of making threats, Chu should brainstorm what he could do to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the international market, Tsai added.     [FULL  STORY]

‘One Taiwan’ slogan criticized

KMT CAPITALIZING?Taipei City Government policy adviser Hung Chih-kun said ‘one China’ was missing, while others said the slogan promotes Taiwanese independence

Taipei Times
Date:  Nov 02, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) latest

The campaign slogan and logo of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu is shown in a screed grab from Facebook after it was released yesterday. The characters beneath “one Taiwan” read: “Taiwan is strength.” Photo: Screen grab from Facebook

The campaign slogan and logo of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu is shown in a screed grab from Facebook after it was released yesterday. The characters beneath “one Taiwan” read: “Taiwan is strength.” Photo: Screen grab from Facebook

campaign slogan unveiled yesterday has triggered a heated online discussion on its underlying messages, as well as bringing accusations of plagiarism.

Early yesterday, Chu posted on Facebook a photograph showing a billboard in Taipei’s downtown area with the slogan “One Taiwan.”

“Past campaigns were usually a process of prolonged bickering … but after staring at a few key words — solidarity, action and strength — which I selected from a long list, I have come to a realization about the predicaments Taiwan has experienced over the years,” Chu wrote on Facebook.

Chu said he realized that people generally tend to spend more time arguing over problems than trying to tackle them, which has led to the nation’s stagnant economy and “social chaos.”

Addressing Taiwan’s problems requires unity, mutual tolerance and comprehension, Chu said.

“We must jointly march forward into the future with a multicolored, diversified, and united ‘one Taiwan,’” he said.     [FULL  STORY]

Tsai: legislative campaign efforts moving ahead smoothly

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-11-01
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen denied rumors that it

Tsai moves ahead with legislative campaigns. Central News Agency

Tsai moves ahead with legislative campaigns. Central News Agency

has revised down on the number of anticipated win in next January’s legislative elections, reports said Sunday.

Tsai said the party’s campaign efforts are moving ahead smoothly as planned, and that their goal to achieve a certain amount of seats in the legislature will not be bogged down by unscrupulous rumors and hearsays.

“The direction we are taking with our legislative campaign is spot on,” she said.

The presidential contender was campaigning in Chiayi County when she made the remarks, a municipal that is traditionally a green stronghold.

Tsai moved across two of the area’s city and mountainous regions in order to see the formation of two separate campaign posts. The DPP’s Chiayi County legislative candidates include Huang Hsiu-fang and Chen Wen-pin.     [FULL  STORY]

Wang Jin-pyng no-show fans Chu conflict rumors

BEHIND THE SCENES:Wang missed his second KMT event in as many days, as the party tries to decide where it is to rank him on its list of legislator-at-large candidates

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 02, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng’s (王金平) unexpected no-show at a Chinese

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu, front third right, and Premier Mao Chi-kuo, right, yesterday attend a re-election campaign rally for KMT Legislator Lu Chia-chen, fourth left, in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District. Photo: Chang An-chiao, Taipei Times

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu, front third right, and Premier Mao Chi-kuo, right, yesterday attend a re-election campaign rally for KMT Legislator Lu Chia-chen, fourth left, in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District. Photo: Chang An-chiao, Taipei Times

Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative candidate’s campaign event yesterday has fanned speculation that Wang’s dissatisfaction with the remaining uncertainty over where he is to rank on the party’s list of candidates for at-large legislators has caused tension between him and KMT presidential candidate and Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫).

Wang has seemed reluctant to campaign for KMT candidates over the past few months, saying that uncertainty over whether he has the right to a fourth term as a legislator-at-large means “he has not been given any title that allows him to do so.”

While the KMT’s Central Standing Committee on Wednesday sought to resolve the issue by passing a motion that exempts KMT legislators-at-large who double as legislative speaker from the party’s self-imposed three-term limit, debates remain within the party on where Wang should rank on the party’s at-large list for the Jan. 16 legislative election.     [FULL  STORY]

Chu voices support for Wang Jin-pyng

‘SIGNIFICANT LEADER’:KMT Chairman Eric Chu said he believed the legislative speaker would continue to fight alongside the party for the good of the Republic of China

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 31, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday threw

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday launch a petition in Taipei to prioritize Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng’s candidacy for legislator-at-large. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday launch a petition in Taipei to prioritize Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng’s candidacy for legislator-at-large. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

his support behind Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng’s (王金平) potential speakership bid, as dozens of KMT lawmakers launched a signature drive calling for Wang to be placed on top of the party’s list of legislator-at-large candidates.

“Wang is the incumbent legislative speaker and also one of the KMT’s most significant leaders. He is highly revered in the party,” Chu said during a trip to Kaohsiung, in response to questions about the possibility of Wang heading the KMT’s legislator-at-large candidate list.

Chu, who is also the KMT’s chairman, said he believed Wang, who has served as a legislator for four decades and legislative speaker for 18 years, would continue to fight alongside the party for the Republic of China.     [FULL  STORY]