Wall Street Journal: Blue-White cooperation breaks the tie

“The two opposition parties failed to reach a ‘Blue and White’ alliance before the registration deadline, which is beneficial to Lai Qingde, the pro-American Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate who currently has the highest opinion polls.” The “Wall Street Journal” reported today that Taiwan’s “blue-white” presidential election in 2024 has failed, which also represents the failure of China’s best hopes for Taiwan’s presidential election.

“The Wall Street Journal” reported today that “China’s best hopes for Taiwan’s presidential election have failed” (China’s Best Hope for the Taiwan Presidential Election Just Fell Apart) for the headline.

The “Wall Street Journal” reported that the Chinese Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party integrated a group of candidates for the presidential election in January next year. They worked hard until the last minute but failed in a shocking way, adding that Taiwan will continue to be the core of the relationship between the United States and China. Hot spot possibility.

The Kuomintang and the People’s Party reached an unexpected agreement last week to form a “Blue and White” alliance that supports the establishment of more friendly relations with China. The Wall Street Journal reported that political analysts pointed out that the two parties jointly recommend a group of candidates who can win the election. He won the presidential election in January next year, but the agreement began to break down almost immediately after it was announced, and completely collapsed at the press conference yesterday evening, during which KMT candidate Hou Youyi and People’s Party candidate Ko Wenzhe exchanged implicit insults, and another Terry Gou, founder of Hon Hai Technology Group, who was originally planning to run independently, left the meeting in front of dozens of reporters.

Today, the last day to register for the presidential election, Kuomintang candidate Hou Youyi and People’s Party candidate Ke Wenzhe registered with the Central Election Commission within an hour, confirming the Blue-White tie.

The “Wall Street Journal” reported that the opposition candidates failed to join forces to change expectations for Taiwan’s presidential election in January next year. This has a major impact on the security of the Asia-Pacific region and the tense relations between China and the United States.

Both Hou Youyi and Ke Wenzhe favor a friendlier approach to Beijing. Both trail Lai in the polls. Lai Ching-te is a politician with rich political experience, and is considered by China to be more active in advocating for Taiwan’s independence than current President Tsai Ing-wen.

In addition to the presidential election, the Wall Street Journal quoted Australian National University lecturer Song Wendi’s analysis of the legislative election as saying that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party may not be able to maintain a majority in the Legislative Yuan, leading to a divided government, which will change Taiwan’s relations with the United States and China. Gotta be complicated.