Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected with more than 8 million votes, and once again won the "Legislative Yuan" majority, representing the sixth "Supervisory Committee" who took office in August this year. The candidate will be "DPP has the final say." However, Chen Shimeng, the most colorful of the current "Cai Supervisory Committee", expressed his resignation.
Chen Shimeng published his last article on the blog "Zhouwei Zhouji" on the 18th, criticizing the "Chairman of the Judicial Court" Xu Zongli for blindly protecting and "cherishing" judges, which is almost morbid, while Tsai Ing-wen stayed out. Has Chen's political career come to an end?
●Grandfather Chen Bulai Chiang Kai-shek "Perfect"
Chen Shimeng was born in Cixi, Zhejiang, and his father Chen Chi is a famous agricultural expert. He graduated from the Agricultural College of Zhejiang University, and was engaged in agricultural improvement in Gansu Province during the Anti-Japanese War, with considerable achievements. After the war, he went to Cornell University to study for a master's degree at public expense. In 1949, Chen Chi returned to Taiwan to serve in Taiwan Sugar. He once served as the director of the Qiaotou Sugar Factory and the Director of the Seed Art Department of the Sugar Industry Laboratory. He went to the Philippines to work for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and Asia. Development Bank.
Chen Chi's father, Chen Bui, is even more famous in the history of the Republic of China. From the late 1920s, Chen Bui served as Chiang Kai-shek's mentor for more than 20 years. The important texts and telegrams issued by Jiang were used more frequently. In November 1948, Chen Bui saw that the overall situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the KMT. He was tortured by a heart attack and committed suicide. Chiang Kai-shek was very sad. He once wrote "Contemporary Perfection" and "Spiritual Immortality".
●The first place in the entrance exam! In his early years, he called himself a "Chinese intellectual"
. In 1948, Chen Shimeng was born in the United States, and the name "Shimeng" was taken by his grandfather. In the second year, Chen Chi and his wife returned to Taiwan with their children. Chen Shimeng grew up in a sugar factory dormitory in Tainan. He was admitted to Tainan No. 1 High School, and later transferred to Jianguo Middle School, who had excellent schoolwork along the way. In 1966, he became the top of the university entrance exam group (French business).
In 1978, Chen Shimeng obtained a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University, and then returned to Taiwan to teach in the Economics Department of National Taiwan University. Because of the abundant teaching materials and clear explanations, he was very popular with students and soon became a heavyweight scholar in the economics field on the island. In the early days of Chen Shimeng's teaching, he did not show too much political awareness. In his early works, he called himself "Chinese intellectuals."
Chen Shimeng clearly participated in campus politics. In 1987, he participated in the establishment of the "National Taiwan University Professors Association". In the second year, he participated in the "Researcher Governing Academy" as a researcher of the "Three People's Principles Institute" of the Academia Sinica. In November 1989, he expressed his support for the DPP’s candidate for Taipei County Mayor You Qing. In 1990, Lee Tenghui appointed Hao Bocun as "Ge Kui", and Chen Shimeng was also one of the scholars who participated in the opposition.
●Participated in the protest against being beaten by the police and burned the KMT card. In 1991, the "Independent Taiwan Association" case occurred at National Tsing Hua University. The Bureau of Investigation arrested 5 "Independent Taiwan Association" persons, including entering the campus of National Taiwan University and arresting graduate student Liao Weicheng. The incident triggered a strong wave of abolition of the "100 Articles of the Criminal Law," and finally led to the amendment of the "Legislative Yuan" to delete the punishment of "conspiracy to rebel.
On May 12, Chen Shimeng and more than 20 other professors from the "Chengshe", "Taiwan Professors Association" and other groups went to the "Chiang Cheng Memorial Hall" to participate in the "National Anti-Political Persecution" protest by students. As it was an illegal assembly, the police dragged him away from the scene forcibly. Afterwards, Chen Shimeng complained in tears and was beaten and kicked by the police.
In the same year, Chen Shimeng publicly burned the KMT certificate, and joined the DPP with five other scholars including Zhang Zhongdong, Zhang Qingxi, and Liu Junxiu. In 2011, he protested that the DPP did not nominate Tainan City Councillor Wang Dingyu to participate in the "legislator" election, and sent the party certificate and the statement of withdrawal from the party to the DPP Taipei City Party Headquarters.
●Welcome during the academic period. After entering politics, everything is against the blue. During his tenure as a scholar, Chen Shimeng was very popular among students because of his simple and enthusiastic personality. However, when he entered the political arena, his distinct likes and dislikes and his insistence on his own personalities made almost every position full of controversy. Especially when it comes to blue-green conflicts, Chen Shimeng must be on the "anti-blue" side.
On December 21, 1994, a national taxi driver named Dai was stabbed to death in Taipei City, triggering a mass protest. Early the next morning, prospective deputy mayor Chen Shimeng arrived at the scene as a "private" and asked the police not to drive the crowd away. He also stated that the mayor and deputy mayor's approval must be obtained for the suppression of violence against mass incidents in the future. However, Chen Shuibian said immediately, "The chief of the police has full power to deal with the violence, and does not need to report to the mayor’s approval."
● Cannon said "hell theory". Bian apologized on his behalf
. In January 1995, the Municipal Police Department made a "1221 mass incident" investigation report and determined that Zhongshan The sub-bureau did not perform the law enforcement properly. However, Chen Shimeng said that according to his own subjective determination, the police did not deal with it properly. As for the details of the report, he was "not interested in watching." The
opposition MPs repeatedly bombarded Chen Shimeng, and Chen went to Yangmingshan Hutian. During a visit to the elementary school, he said, “I seemed to be on the road to hell yesterday afternoon, but I came to heaven this morning. "As soon as this remark came out, Chen Shui-bian expressed his willingness to apologize on his behalf. However, Chen Shimeng continued to anger the city councillors. In his official document, he named the New Party member Qin Lifang, "This misinterpretation of the law may not be the legal quality that Taipei city councilors should have." "Congressman Qin may wish to study the law diligently and be determined to be a prosecutor."
In January 1996, the city council returned to the cultural bureau's organizational rules, and Chen Shimeng criticized the council for being "arrogant," "arrogant," and "superficial." New party city councillor Jia Resolutely therefore launched a countersignature, asking Chen Shuibian to replace Chen Shimeng, and received a countersignature from more than half of the parliamentarians. After learning about it, Chen Shimeng responded "grateful", saying that he did not love the position of deputy mayor of the stack.
was almost corrected by Lu Xiulian.
Chen Shuibian was elected as the leader of the Taiwan region in 2000. At one time he planned to send Chen Shimeng as the president of the "Central Bank". Finally, considering respect for the tenure system, he was re-designated as vice president. After Chen Shimeng took over as vice president, he still did not change his speech style: He once proposed to levy "National Security Donations" for manufacturers investing in the mainland westward, which caused an uproar, and finally came to an end with "personal opinions." On May 26, 2001, Chen Shimeng interviewed and stated that the current NTD price is reasonable, but If considering the future economic situation, he personally thinks that "there may be a little room for devaluation." As soon as
said this, as soon as the foreign exchange market opened on the 28th, the Taiwan dollar faced selling pressure, and the "central bank" dropped 1.5 billion yuan in the morning to hold on to 33.495. After the price returned without success, a temporary meeting of the Standing Council was urgently convened in the afternoon, and it was decided to let go of a depreciation. In the last day, it fell by 1.005 yuan, and the daily volume of 1.383 billion U.S. dollars burst out all day. Annette Lu said afterwards that officials should seek advice. Make decisions and move, don’t think about where to put them.
●Controversial remarks continue to be Hong Xiuzhu slapped the table and slammed
In 2002, Chen Shimeng was transferred to the secretary-general of the Taiwan Regional Leader’s Office, and of course he became the target of "opposition legislators." Live up to all expectations." On October 17, when he went to the "Legislative Yuan" report for inquiries, he was asked by the People First Party "Legislative" Sun Daqian about why the "Bian Song Society" broke the situation. Chen Shimeng rejected Sun Daqian's question with "disdain to answer". .
On November 11, "Legislative Member" Hong Xiuzhu asked "National Policy Advisor" Jin Meiling, who said, "It's unappetizing to see the blue sky, the sky and the red flag." Chen Shimeng said, "Don't divide the'Republic of China' with the'national flag'. "Superior sign." Hong Xiuzhu slapped the table angrily, Chen Shimeng did not give in, "Shooting the table can not increase any persuasiveness."
On August 5, the second year, the "Monitoring Institute" published an investigation report that condemned Chen Shimeng's argument. "To put it arbitrarily, to refer to the injustice", we should deeply reflect. At this time, Chen Shimeng, who has been transferred to the principal of the "Kedaglen School", criticized the investigation "Supervisory Committee" Huang Qinzhen as a "pan-blue restoration thug."
●Publicly attacked and wronged Chairman of the DPP
In 2006, Chen Shuibian, Wu Shuzhen and his wife were prosecuted for "confidential expenses of the state," and there were a few voices in the party demanding Bian's resignation. Chen Shimeng publicly criticized the "anti-Pian movement" and said that he could not agree with the content of the prosecutor Chen Ruiren's indictment.
In 2008, the Democratic Progressive Party lost power. Chen Shimeng was named by the party as the replacement chairman, but he decided to support Gu Kuanmin's election. In the end, Tsai Ing-wen won, and the "independent faction" group asked Tsai Ing-wen to reuse Chen Shimeng, but he refused.
●Straight-line thinking, not forgetting the original intention, but also having problems.
Chen Shimeng was a serious and frank and outstanding scholar in the minds of students. However, he has maintained a consistent straight-line thinking and his black-and-white likes and dislikes after he entered politics for more than 20 years. So almostEvery job has aroused a lot of controversy. Even Chen Shui-bian, who is the most acquainted with him, must be replaced in the end.
politicians like to boast of "not forgetting the original intention", but Chen Shimeng's example shows that if you really don't forget the original intention, it may be another big problem.
Source: Taiwan "United Daily News"
