Hong Kong broadcaster: Taiwan will suffer if it wants to ‘get rich quick’ with China

Chip Tsao picks apart KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu's catchy slogan 'people will come, goods will go out, and Kaohsiung will become rich'

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/12/31
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A renowned Hong Kong columnist on Monday (Dec. 30) lamented over what he says has been going on in Hong Kong and warned that Kaohsiung, and Taiwan as a whole, could meet the same fate if it opens its arms wide to Chinese investment as the KMT presidential candidate advocates.

Chip Tsao (陶傑), also known by his pen name To Kit, is a multilingual Hong Kong-based political commentator, broadcaster, and writer. He has expressed his disagreement with Taiwanese Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu's (韓國瑜) China and economic policies and recently described the presidential hopeful as a "tasteless Donald Trump copycat trying to appeal to grassroots voters."

With no profound economic theory, Han's catchy slogan "people will come, goods will go out, and Kaohsiung will become rich" (貨出得去、人進得來，高雄發大財) gave those on the lowest rungs of society hope and attracted many loyal "Han fans," Tsao said.

However, in Hong Kong's case, it has turned out to be only a small number of people who got quick rich — from the housing market and skyrocketing property prices — and wages for graduates have remained stagnant, he observed.    [FULL  STORY]