Courtney Donovan Smith of Taiwan Report Shares His Analysis on Taiwan’s 2022 “Nine-in-One” Local Elections
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With Taiwan’s next presidential election set for early 2024, what are the implications of Taiwan’s 2022 “Nine-in-One” Local Elections that took place back in November? We’ve invited Courtney Donovan Smith co-founder of Taiwan Report, ICRT’s Central Taiwan correspondent, and contributing columnist to Taiwan News to share his insights on the recent elections in Taiwan.
The topic of plagiarism also came up since plagarism scandals have plagued political candidates from all three political parties, the DPP, KMT and TPP. Donovan also shared his analysis on how each of the major political parties in Taiwan fared in the November elections.
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While it might be a bit too early to discuss the 2024 presidential candidates, we’ll definitely have Donovan back at a later date to discuss Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Race.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association.
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5. to reach out and work with women’s organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
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Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
- Taiwan’s local elections (aka the 9-in-1 elections) that were held in November 2022
- What positions were up for election
- 22 positions were up for election
- The results of the November 2022 elections in Taiwan
- How the DPP, KMT and TPP fared in the elections
- What implications the November elections might have for Taiwan’s presidential elections in 2024
- Why President Tsai Ing-wen stepped down as the DPP party chair
- The DPP and KMT’s strategies during the November 2022 local elections
- The DPP’s missteps during the November 2022 local elections
- The plagiarism scandals that have affected Taiwan’s 3 major political parties: the DPP, KMT & TPP
- The increasing numbers of women being elected as legislators and to other positions in Taiwan
- The referendum to lower voting age in Taiwan from 20 to 18 years old
- How Donovan got into writing and reporting about Taiwan’s politics
- Those who write and comment on Taiwan’s politics: Michael Turton, Nathan Batto
- How Donovan created an RPG (role playing game)
- Who will be the KMT presidential candidate for Taiwan’s presidential election in 2024
Related Links:
Courtney Donovan Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/donovan_smith
Taiwan Report: https://report.tw/
Takeaways from Taiwan’s local elections (an article from Taiwan News by Courtney Donovan Smith): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4748322
DPP’s Taoyuan campaign collapses, spreading chaos in the party across Taiwan an article from Taiwan News by Courtney Donovan Smith): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4629723
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party
President Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen
Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party
Ko Wen-je: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Wen-je
Lai Ching-te: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Ching-te
Eric Chu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Chu
New Tide Faction (of the DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Tide_faction
Where Are the DPP’s Party Factions Now? (an article by Courtney Donovan Smith for Ketagalan Media): https://ketagalanmedia.com/2021/06/29/where-are-the-dpps-party-factions-now/
Daniel Han Kuo-yu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Kuo-yu
Is a Defiant Han Kuo-yu’s Hat Still in the Ring? (an article by Courtney Donovan Smith for Ketagalan Media): https://ketagalanmedia.com/2020/06/17/is-a-daefiant-han-kuo-yus-hat-still-in-the-ring/
KMT’s Jane Lee copied 96 percent of thesis: report (an article from the Taipei Times): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/07/23/2003740410
Courtney Donovan Smith’s tweet about Jane Lee wearing a T-shirt with the word NOTHING printed on it: https://twitter.com/donovan_smith/status/1287227881102299136
EDITORIAL: Plagiarism scandal claims more (an article from the Taipei Times): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/10/20/2003787363
TPP Hsinchu mayoral hopeful rebuts plagiarism accusations (an article from Focus Taiwan): https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202209200016
Black Gold politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_gold_(politics)
DPP suspends membership of Tainan City Council speaker, deputy speaker (an article from Focus Taiwan): https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202302070020
Taiwan’s 42.5% female legislature is record, GEC says (an article from the Taipei Times): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/01/24/2003771965
In Taiwan, referendum on lowering voting age to 18 fails to meet turnout threshold (an article from Constitutionnet.org): https://constitutionnet.org/news/taiwan-referendum-lowering-voting-age-18-fails-meet-turnout-threshold
ELECTIONS 2022/Referendum on lowering voting age to 18 fails to pass (an article from Focus Taiwan): https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202211260030
Taiwan elections: Vote yes on voting age referendum, even though it won’t pass an article from Taiwan News by Courtney Donovan Smith): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4725431
Referendums in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_in_Taiwan
Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement
Michael Turton’s blog: http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/
Michael Turton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelturton
Nathan Batto’s blog, Frozen Garlic: https://frozengarlic.wordpress.com/
What is RPG: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/role-playing-game-RPG
Lin Chia-lung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chia-lung
Hou You-Yi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Taipei
The 1992 Consensus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Consensus
The 1992 Consensus: Why It Worked and Why It Fell Apart (an article from The Diplomat): https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/the-1992-consensus-why-it-worked-and-why-it-fell-apart/
EDITORIAL: Farewell, ‘1992 consensus’? (an article from the Taipei Times): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2022/06/30/2003780833
Xi Jinping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
Terry Gou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gou
Mazu/Matsu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu
God’s odds on a Terry Gou Taiwan presidential run (an article from Taiwan News by Courtney Donovan Smith): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4789053
Lu Shiow-yen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Taichung
Jaw Shaw-kong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaw_Shaw-kong
Chang Ya-chung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Ya-chung
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