Tsai Ing-wen

Tsai Ing -wen (Chinese蔡英文, Pinyin Cai Yingwen; born August 31, 1956 in the town of Fangshan, Pingtung County, Taiwan ) is the former chairman and presidential candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ) of Taiwan. She was the first female presidential candidate in the history of the Republic of China.

Life

Tsai Ing -wen was born as members of the Hakka ethnic group in the community Fangshan in Pingtung County (Taiwan), and lived in Taipei since the age of eleven. After completing her studies at the Law Faculty of the National Taiwan University (1978), she earned her master's degree in the United States at Cornell University (1980 ) and finally a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science ( 1984). After returning to Taiwan, she taught law at Soochow University and the State Chengchi University.

From 1993 she was a consultant for the then President Lee Teng- hui ( Kuomintang ) held an interest and partly due to the formulation of the " Intergovernmental relations doctrine" Lees.

After the government takeover by the DPP in 2000, Tsai was appointed as a non-party Minister for the area of ​​the Mainland Affairs to the cabinet by the new President Chen Shui -bian. In 2004, she joined the DPP and worked for a short time as a Member of the Legislative Yuan. Subsequently, she was Deputy Prime Minister under Prime Minister Su Tseng -chang until the collective resignation of the Cabinet in 2007. After the defeat of her party in the 2008 presidential election, she was elected the new party leader of the DPP. In November 2010, Tsai was a candidate for mayor of the city of New Taipei City, but the candidate of the KMT Eric Chu had to concede defeat.

In April 2011, Tsai Ing -wen was determined by their party and the first female candidate for president in the history of the Republic of China. In the next presidential election in 2012 it was subject to incumbent President Ma Ying- jeou (KMT ), whereupon she resigned from her post as leader of the DPP.

Political point of view

Domestic Policy

After corruption scandals involving former President Chen Shui -bian and the clear electoral defeat of the DPP in the presidential election of 2008 was one of the first tasks of the new party chairman, the DPP led out of the deep. After it was revealed that Chen Shui -bian had embezzled funds during his tenure, Tsai Ing -wen publicly apologized and explained that her party will not try to cover up any offense Chens. In addition, it is their goal to remove corrupt members from the party. To this end, an internal party investigation committee was set up.

Other domestic policy priorities Tsai are social justice and the strengthening of local Taiwanese identity (Chinese台湾 本土化 运动, Pinyin Táiwān běntǔhuà yundong, Taiwanese localization movement or Taiwanese homeland movement '). In energy policy issues they preclude the use of nuclear energy in Taiwan over critically and actively supports the non- commissioning of the controversial fourth Taiwanese nuclear power plant, which is planned in the city of New Taipei City, a.

Foreign Policy

In foreign policy, Tsai criticized President Mas course of rapprochement with the People's Republic of China, by whom she saw endangers the sovereignty and security of Taiwan. In a televised debate with Ma Ying- jeou on 25 April 2010, she criticized Mas efforts to sign the Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation ( ECFA ) between China and Taiwan. Unlike Ma, who hoped for an increase Taiwanese exports to China and a reduction in the unemployment rate of the agreement with China, expressed Tsai, the Agreement shall Taiwan forced to open up cheap Chinese exports and domestic industries through a " commercial invasion " from the mainland. weaken In addition, Tsai feared that the agreement could lead to Taiwan will lose its Souveränitat in relations across the Taiwan Strait and across to degenerate into a satellite of China. For this reason, Tsai instead advocated negotiations with China in the multilateral framework of the WTO, which the Taiwanese trade interests better protected and Taiwan's independence could be emphasized.