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As Taiwanese, from what I observed, given the level of populism that's going on in the country, the chance of him being elected next year is highly probable. Th
by showjackyang 7y ago
As Taiwanese, from what I observed, given the level of populism that's going on in the country, the chance of him being elected next year is highly probable. This is a very very very serious threat to Taiwan's effort to counter China's invasive actions.
Also even though Mazu is super big in Taiwan, Taiwanese are generally seeing this only as a political declaration. (Religion in Taiwan is more of a spiritual guidance than an actual superior being that dictates people lives.)
- jonathankoren 7y agoCurious why the populists are siding with the pro-Beijing crowd. It’s not like the PRC is very populist friendly.
- showjackyang 7y agoActually PRC is very pro-populism. It's an easy way to manipulate the public. False information combines with some provoking words, you get Chinese communists' means of control. This should be an useful reference: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/taiwanese-populist-han-kuo-yu-china/587146/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/ta...
- jonathankoren 7y agoFor certain strains in certain context sure, but I’m still confused why a Taiwanese populist would side with CPC. Sure, you could naïvely buy into the whole reunification thing, but it’s not like Beijing wouldn’t assert complete control. Just look at Hong Kong, or the fact that the mainland has a couple of orders of magnitude more of... everything.
- showjackyang 7y agowell... populist can exist in all political spectrum and entities, as long as it's a popular opinion that feed on fabricated or ambiguous information.