Ah Hui is the Godfather of Chen. He brilliantly single-handed divided KMT into 3 parties, now for this election KMT becomes 4 parties. And that was how he made Chen the president of ROC.
A lot of people in Taiwan still believe Ah Hui is a communist, not necessary the CCP. His sole job was to destroy KMT and he did it beautifully. By traditional Chinese moral value, Ah Hui should be ashamed and hide because he betrayed his party.
I understand the attitude to some large degree. By the same values, the ChiComs should collectively commit suicide. And those who oppose them should act the role of the old "Censors."
To what extent did some of the Nationalist factions betray Ah Hui, do you think?
Rather than dealing with new and promising realities, including the apparent attachment of a growing number of ROC citizens to a vibrant, almost no-holds-barred Republic where many of the traditional values—such as the quietism of "Disaster from the mouth"—no longer hold?
I defer to you on present theories about his "ideological" underpinnings, if any.
As far as I can see, he is playing a middle game. That he was responsible for Chen's initial election, and his Party's present success seems inarguable.
But was that not partly because so many in his own party did not wish to acknowledge his own auctoritas? On the other hand, had he wished simply to anoint Chen as his successor, why form a new party?
I have heard some describe Lien as incompetent. What is your view?
Best regards. S&W R.I.P.
Why?
>>By traditional Chinese moral value, Ah Hui should be ashamed and hide because he betrayed his party.
Lee betrayed the CCP in the first place. Why did the KMT trust a traitor?