Want China Times
Editorial
Date: 2015-05-25

Tsai Ing-wen, chair of Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party, was

Tsai Ing-wen offers reflections on the seven years of the Ma Ying-jeou administration in Taipei, May 20. (File photo/CNA)

nicknamed “Hollow Tsai” a long time ago because of her inability or unwillingness to clearly articulate her political ideas.

Her speeches, comments and articles are characterized by catchphrases such as fairness and justice, progress and value, civic participation, the people and democracy. Lately, she has been using other terms like regional governance, generational justice, new economy, new agriculture, creativity and innovation.

With all her words, Tsai has not been able to put forth concrete policies that can be realized, to present practical guidelines or produce cost-benefit analyses.

Now that she is the DPP’s presidential candidate in an election she is almost certain to win, Tsai cannot continue to present polices that avoid controversial issues. She must answer voters’ questions and meet their expectations.

MIX AND MATCH:Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen said negotiations with rising political entrants could lead to ideal legislative candidates

Taipei Times
Date: May 24, 2015
By: Alison Hsiao  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), responding

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen, right, speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chen Hui-ping, Taipei Times

to veteran political activist Lin I-hsiung’s (林義雄) remarks targeting the party on Friday, yesterday said that the idea of maintaining the “status quo” does not contradict the Resolution on Taiwan’s Future in the DPP charter.

Lin said that Tsai’s “maintaining the ‘status quo’” is a mystery to him, asking whether it is so hard to follow the DPP’s charter on this issue.

In response, Tsai said that the basic idea of “maintaining the ‘status quo’” is calling for open, transparent and fairer dealings in cross-strait affairs and public participation in policies, which are “not inconsistent” with the resolution.     [FULL  STORY]

‘CAUTIOUSNESS’:The DPP chair said who she would be facing in the race for the presidency is irrelevant and that her party would focus on its own preparations

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 19, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday declined to

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen talks to the media at Cheng Kung University in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Su Fang-ho, Taipei Times

comment on New Taipei City Mayor and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) announcement that he would not run in next year’s presidential election, saying that it is more important for the DPP to prepare well for the campaign.

“No matter who the KMT candidate is, the DPP will use the same degree of cautiousness in its approach to the presidential campaign, especially because the result of next year’s election will be the key to Taiwan’s development, and therefore we simply cannot afford to be relaxed,” Tsai said in response to reporters’ requests for comments on Chu’s remarks as she took part in a workshop on green energy in Tainan yesterday.

She said that although there might be conflicts, disputes and other complicated issues among politicians within the KMT, it is still a party with more than 100 years of history and a lot of resources.