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160-605: A M.S. in library science from the Catholic University of America in 1971. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from Georgetown University in 1974. While at Berkeley, Soong met his future wife Viola Chen ( 陳萬水 ), with whom he had a son and a daughter. As he was finishing his doctoral studies, Government Information Office (GIO) Director Fredrick Chien recommended Soong to be the English secretary of then-premier Chiang Ching-kuo. Soong served as secretary to
240-602: A " Yeltsin effect", by which an elected governor would have more legitimacy than the national government, due to the president being still elected by the National Assembly at that time. Despite his Waishengren background, Soong proved to be a popular politician among all ethnic groups on Taiwan, in part because he was one of the first KMT politicians to attempt to speak in Taiwanese Hokkien in political and formal occasions. After Premier Lien Chan
320-746: A doctor, was his partner to cure this "disease". He contended that Taiwanese people wanted a third party other than the KMT and the DPP and that the PFP was their choice. Soong announced his intention to join the 2016 presidential election on 6 August 2015 with running mate Hsu Hsin-ying of the Minkuotang . The Soong–Hsu ticket finished third, with 12.8% of the vote. Soong contested the 2020 presidential election , beginning his campaign on 13 November 2019. He had promised that this campaign would be his last attempt for
400-448: A foreigner who advocated limiting the scope of democracy, his ideas seemed to have merit on their own. Social critic Liu Xiaobo believed that the CCP grew conservative in response to 1989, without any new ideas, and apart from "neo-conservativism" conservatism itself became popular in intellectual circles along with the revival of old Maoist leftism. An important neoconservative document
480-602: A joint presidential ticket in November 2023, with the proposal that either the KMT’s Hou Yu-ih or the TPP’s Ko Wen-je would be selected as the presidential candidate and the other the vice-presidential candidate. During this period, polls from Mirror Media indicated that support rates for both Ko-Hou ticket and Hou-Ko ticket would outperform their Lai-Hsiao counterpart, standing at 46.6% and 46.5% respectively. However,
560-640: A large margin of 72% to 28%. On July 22, 2005, Soong, unopposed, was re-elected chairman of the PFP. On November 17, 2005, Soong was awarded NT$ 10 million in a defamation suit against former president Lee Teng-hui, who had alleged that Soong was playing mahjong while his supporters were protesting on the streets in April 2004. A three-judge panel of the Taipei District Court ruled that Lee must apologize and compensate Soong, saying that Lee's "groundless" remark had damaged Soong's reputation. In addition,
640-1069: A leading neoauthoritarian who promoted "gradual reform under strong rule" after 1989, and Wang Huning , who became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee , the CCP's highest executive body, headed by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping in 2017. Imperial China Republic of China (before 1949) People's Republic of China (Mainland) Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Macau (pro-Beijing) Republic of China (Taiwan, pan-Blue) Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Hong Kong (centrist) Hong Kong (pro-ROC) Macau (pro-Beijing) Republic of China (Taiwan, pan-Blue) Republic of China (Taiwan, pro-Beijing) Republic of China (Taiwan, other) Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Hong Kong (pro-ROC) Republic of China (Taiwan, pan-Blue) Republic of China (Taiwan, other) People's Republic of China (Mainland) Hong Kong Republic of China (Taiwan) Overseas Former A central figure, if not principal proponent of Neoauthoritarianism,
720-457: A leave of absence from his post as chairman of the PFP. After his defeat in the Taipei mayoral election on 9 December 2006 , in which he won only 4% of cast ballots, James Soong announced that he would retire from politics, which entailed giving up the chairmanship of his party, the PFP. With this announcement and no clear goal, the PFP face an uncertain future, which could speed up any merger with
800-489: A long-term goal, the events of June 4 seemed to confirm the "neoconservatives" belief in a strong state, considering China's autocratic model to actually be weak and ineffectual. They also consider a strong state important in economic growth along the lines of Asian Tiger economies and continued to draw ideas from Samuel Huntington, particularly his book Political Order in Changing Societies . Whatever his use as
880-487: A more orderly process of leadership succession." With cadre reform, individual leaders in China, recruited for their performance and education, became more economically liberal, with less ideological loyalty. Having begun in the era of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution , decentralization accelerated under Deng Xiaoping. In a neoauthoritarian vein, Zheng Yongnian (1994) believed that "Deng's early reform decentralized power to
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#1732764741688960-422: A pragmatic move to eliminate administrative redundancies. Soong tendered his resignation on December 31 of the same year, but President Lee did not accept it. After losing the KMT presidential nomination to then-vice president Lien Chan, Soong ran as an independent in the 2000 presidential election . Soong advocated a gradual union between Taiwan and the mainland by first signing a non-aggression pact followed by
1040-520: A referendum. The KMT, PFP, and NP coordinated their candidate lists in the new single-member constituency system. Candidates of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union , who despite their party's official stance of non-affiliation, were deemed sympathetic to the coalition and ran unopposed by other blue candidates in almost all the seats it contested. The PFP ran almost all of their candidates under the KMT banner, with some placed under
1120-560: A split ticket with Minkuotang chairwoman Hsu Hsin-ying and won 12.84% of the vote. His 2020 campaign with running mate Sandra Yu finished last, with 4.2% of the vote. As of 2022, his name appears in the Suisse secrets revelations. Soong was born in Xiangtan , Hunan province. His father, Soong Ta [ zh ] , was a career military officer staunchly loyal to Republic of China (ROC) President Chiang Kai-shek and rose to
1200-587: A stronger Taiwanese identity and distinction from Chinese nationalism. Lee won the party control after the indirect election in 1990 . This led to a split in the early 1990s, when the New Party was formed by the anti-Lee dissidents in the KMT. After the dissidents of KMT members left, the KMT remained loyal and with control by President Lee Teng-hui throughout his presidency. During the 2000 presidential election , Lee Teng-hui arranged for Lien Chan to be nominated as Kuomintang candidate for president rather than
1280-629: A work of glass art from Liuli Gongfang , and received a piece of Jingdezhen porcelain from Hu. Soong was only the second major political figure from Taiwan ever to do so. The carefully scripted red carpet ceremony was identical to the previous greeting for KMT chairman Lien Chan. The key outcome of the meeting was the publication of a shared political platform between the Communist Party and Soong's People's First Party. Finally, Soong lectured at Tsinghua University , an echo of Lien's lecture at Peking University four weeks prior. Soong's visit
1360-640: Is a political coalition in the Republic of China (Taiwan) consisting of the Kuomintang (KMT), People First Party (PFP), New Party (CNP), Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU), and Young China Party (YCP). The name comes from the party color of the Kuomintang. Regarding the political status of Taiwan , this coalition maintains that the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China
1440-459: Is incompatible by his official salary as a public servant. The account is one of a number of things which have led to implications of his involvement in the Taiwan frigate scandal . In 1994 Soong was elected and became the only directly elected governor of Taiwan Province . He was widely perceived to be an excellent campaigner and his excellent showing in the governorship ended hopes by the DPP of
1520-560: Is the legitimate government of China, favors a Chinese and Taiwanese dual identity over an exclusive Taiwanese identity, and favors greater friendly exchange with Mainland China , as opposed to the Pan-Green Coalition . The Pan-Blue Coalition's political stance can be characterized as centre-right , conservative and being of Republic of China-centered Chinese nationalism . Originally, the Pan-Blue Coalition
1600-502: The 2000 presidential election . Though he placed second, his candidacy split the pan-Blue vote between himself and the KMT candidate, Vice President Lien Chan , leading to the victory of DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian. In the 2004 presidential election , he ran as vice president on the ticket of Lien Chan; they narrowly lost to Chen Shui-bian. Soong ran again as a candidate in the 2012 presidential race , garnering 2.77% of popular support. Soong's third presidential campaign in 2016 formed
1680-408: The 2004 legislative election the three parties from the pan-blue coalition organized themselves to properly divide up the votes ( 配票 ) to prevent splitting the vote. The New Party ran all but one of its candidates under the KMT banner. The result was that the KMT gained 11 more seats and the PFP lost 12 seats. Right after the election, PFP chairman James Soong began criticizing the KMT for sacrificing
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#17327647416881760-451: The 2004 legislative election . Although the pan-blue coalition did well, the PFP did not, and Soong ended talk of a KMT-PFP merger. In February 2005, he signed a 10-point consensus program with President Chen Shui-bian, which brought heavy criticism to Chen. The possibility of DPP-PFP cooperation ended in May 2005, when Soong visited mainland China to meet with General Secretary Hu Jintao of
1840-596: The 2004 presidential elections with Lien Chan running for president and James Soong running for vice president. The campaign emblem for the Lien-Soong campaign was a two-seat bicycle with a blue (the color of the KMT) figure in the first seat and an orange (the color of the PFP) figure in the second. There were talks in late 2004 that the KMT and the PFP would merge into one party in 2005, but these talks have been put on hold. In
1920-520: The Chinese Civil War . This would also allow the body of Chiang Kai-shek to be returned to his ancestral home in Xikou . Throughout the 1990s, the Kuomintang (KMT) consisted of an uneasy relationship between those party members who had mainland China backgrounds (came from mainland China in 1949) and Taiwanese political elites, Taiwanese factions led by President Lee Teng-hui , who supported
2000-572: The Chinese Communist Party . Initially, Chen stated that Soong would deliver a secret message to the PRC leadership, but Soong denied this. In the 2005 KMT chairmanship election, Soong, who retained a significant following within the KMT, despite initially instructing party officials not to support either Ma Ying-jeou or Wang Jin-pyng , endorsed Wang at the last minute. However, the endorsement appeared to backfire as Ma defeated Wang by
2080-571: The Democratic Progressive Party with 39.3%. Lien came in a distant third with only 23.1%. One common belief from the pro-blue camp in Taiwan is that Lee Teng-hui favored the unpopular Vice President Lien Chan over the highly popular Soong in a deliberate effort to sabotage the Kuomintang and was secretly supporting Chen, even though Lee is supposed to favor Kuomintang's own nominee Lien. Some believe Lee feared Soong would expose
2160-492: The Government Information Office (GIO) from 1979 to 1984. Upon Chiang's death, Soong was instrumental in silencing conservatives in the KMT from blocking the ascendancy of Lee Teng-hui as KMT leader. Soong was the only elected governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 to 1998, before the streamlining of the provincial government. After failing to gain the KMT nomination, Soong ran as an independent in
2240-497: The New Economic Policy , or economic Leninism , in favour of market socialism . With economic developments and political changes, China departed from totalitarianism towards what Harry Harding characterizes as a "consultative authoritarian regime." One desire of political reform was to "restore normalcy and unity to elite politics so as to bring to an end the chronic instability of the late Maoist period and create
2320-520: The People First Party . Soong was the first and only elected governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 and 1998. He was a candidate in the 2000 presidential election , which he lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a secretary to Premier Chiang Ching-kuo (later president) and rose to prominence as director-general of
2400-476: The post-Communist East European elite take a gradualist approach towards market liberalization; hence, "new authoritarianism". A rejection of the optimistic views on modernization theories, it seeks faster reform of the socialist market economy while the party remain ideologically and organizationally sound. In early March 1989, Zhao Ziyang presented Wu Jiaxiang 's idea of neoauthoritarianism to Deng Xiaoping , who compared it to his own ideology. Following
2480-467: The "well-connected" Wu Jiaxiang was an advisor to Premier Zhao Ziyang , the latter being a major architect of the Deng Xiaoping reforms. Jiang Shigong is considered a major ideological proponent of neoconservatism and promoter of the ideas of Carl Schmitt . James Soong James Soong Chu-yu (born 30 April 1942) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder and current chairman of
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2560-573: The "white camp") positions itself as a centrist party , its cooperative relationship with the KMT has prompted belief that it aligns more closely with the Pan-Blue camp. Prior to the 2024 presidential election , prospects for ‘blue-white cooperation’ had been met with optimism from both parties, as they sought to jointly minimise the DPP’s chances of procuring a third consecutive term of presidency. The two opposition parties then engaged in negotiations to form
2640-470: The 1978 Third Plenum , which made Deng Xiaoping Paramount leader , China employed a variety of strategies to develop it's economy, beginning the Chinese economic reform . By 1982 the success of China's market experiments had become apparent, making more radical strategies seem possible and desirable. This led to the lifting of price controls and agricultural decollectivization, signaling the abandonment of
2720-457: The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Henry He considers that, while June 4 halted the movement for democracy, because neoauthoritarianism avoids the issue of popular involvement, it would therefore be a downfall for it and General Secretary Zhao Ziyang as well. He considers it to have transformed into a kind of "neo-conservatism" after that. With the failure of democracy in Russia , and
2800-433: The 1990s, is a current of political thought within the People's Republic of China (PRC), and to some extent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), that advocates a powerful centralized state to facilitate market reforms . It has been described as right-wing , classically conservative even though it incorporated some aspects of Marxist-Leninist and Maoist theories. Gaining credence in China's intellectual world,
2880-469: The Chunghsing scandal. In 2003, the investigation was reopened, with former president Lee (now expelled from the KMT and the "spiritual leader" of the pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union ) testifying against Soong in court. However, with the KMT allied with the PFP for the 2004 presidential election, the KMT aided Soong in his defence, providing documents signed by Lee. KMT chairman Lien Chan claimed
2960-574: The DPP over the investigation into the KMT's finances. On 24 February 2005, James Soong met with President Chen for the first time in four years and issued a 10-point declaration supporting the name "Republic of China", the status quo in cross-strait relations , and the opening of the Three Links . Unlike Soong, Lien did not respond to the offer from Chen to meet. However, after the 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China , Soong and Chen stopped their partnership. The popular Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou
3040-530: The DPP suffered defeat and held only six, the PFP retained only one, and the TSU was completely shut out. Ma Ying-jeou was now virtually assured of leading the KMT and pan-blues for the 2008 presidential election . In the 2008 legislative election , the coalition won 86 of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan , giving it the supermajority needed to recall the president and pass constitutional amendments for
3120-458: The DPP the largest single party in the Legislative Yuan , the pan-Blue Coalition retained a narrow majority over the pan-Green Coalition . Soong ran as a vice presidential candidate under Lien Chan in the 2004 election . Some believe that the PFP's lack of experienced candidates in the December 2002 mayoral elections in Taipei and Kaohsiung (the PFP supported the KMT's candidates), and
3200-991: The DPP’s minority government. The two parties have since cooperated in numerous bill amendments, including the Act Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power, Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures, and others. Neoauthoritarianism (China) Mainland China Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Macau (pro-Beijing) Republic of China (Taiwan, pro-Beijing) Mainland China Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Macau (pro-Beijing) Republic of China (Taiwan, pro-Beijing) Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Mainland China Hong Kong (pro-Beijing) Neoauthoritarianism ( Chinese : 新权威主义 ; pinyin : xīn quánwēi zhǔyì ), also known as Chinese Neoconservativism or New Conservatism ( Chinese : 新保守主义 ; pinyin : xīn bǎoshǒu zhǔyì ) since
3280-656: The KMT party list. While having all its district candidates run under the KMT banner, the New Party ran its own party list but failed to gain the 5% threshold for representation. The Kuomintang controlled the Legislative Yuan during the Ma Ying-jeou presidency from 2008 to 2016. In 2016 general election , the KMT lost the presidential election and, for the first time in the history of the Republic of China,
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3360-430: The KMT was misled into filing the lawsuit against Soong. The KMT dropped the charges and is still trying to collect the money that had been returned and deposited in the court by Soong. Despite the personal rivalries between Lien, the KMT chairman after 2000, and Soong, the KMT and People First Party pledged to cooperate in future elections to prevent splitting the vote. Though losses in the 2001 legislative election made
3440-764: The Kuomintang. Chen Shui-bian claimed in an interview with a cable TV channel in May 2005 that Soong met Chen Yunlin in the United States in February of that year. Following this claim, on February 15, 2007, Taipei District Court ruled Thursday that President Chen Shui-bian must pay James Soong NT$ 3 million (US$ 91,183) in damages and apologize in the top three newspapers for his allegation that Soong met secretly with China's State Council Taiwan Affairs Office director Chen Yunlin in 2005. The court said President Chen failed to carry out necessary verification before making his allegation. PFP spokesman Lee Hung-Chun said
3520-415: The PFP for its own gains and stated that he would not participate in any negotiations regarding to the two parties' merge. Soong's remarks have been strongly criticized by the KMT, a majority of PFP members, and the New Party, whose rank and file were largely absorbed by the PFP following the 2001 elections. Nonetheless, shortly after the legislative election, the PFP legislative caucus agreed to cooperate with
3600-523: The PFP's poor performance the city council elections in those cities at the same time were major setbacks to Soong's chances of being the KMT-PFP candidate for president. There were widespread rumours that Soong agreed to take the vice-presidential post in exchange for a pledge by Lien to give him significant power, including the premiership. Many KMT members opposed the linkage, considering Soong an opportunist and traitor. Soong's supporters pointed out that he
3680-553: The People First Party and the New Party . This coalition became informally known as the Pan-Blue Coalition. Although the members of the Pan-Blue Coalition maintain separate party structures, they closely cooperate in large part to ensure that electoral strategies are coordinated, so that votes are not split among them leading to a victory by the Pan-Green Coalition. The KMT and PFP ran a combined ticket in
3760-409: The United States. Soong argued that he had wired the money to his daughter-in-law to pay off remaining campaign debts and to establish a foundation and that he was not simply "gifting" the money to her. The court, however, found that the first money was not given to the foundation until December 2001 and ruled that the money had been used as his private assets and that, therefore, gift tax was payable. He
3840-440: The alliance subsequently collapsed on 18 November following the disagreement over the selection method for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, resulting in both Hou and Ko entering the race as separate presidential candidates. The division among Hou and Ko’s overlapping support bases eventually led to vote-splitting , culminating in their defeat and the victory of DPP’s Lai Ching-te , who holds dissimilar ideology with
3920-414: The collapse of the centralized state as necessary to economic growth. He writes that "In order to introduce a true market economy, Beijing has to free individual enterprises from local administrative meddling and regain control over funds for central investments in the infrastructure. The state must first recentralize in order to deepen decentralization, as many authors suggest." Still considering democracy
4000-453: The concept of liberal democracy led to intense debate between democratic advocates and neoauthoritarians prior to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre . It is discussed as an alternative to the implementation of liberal democracy, similar to the strengthened leadership of Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev and the early years of Mikhail Gorbachev . Its origin was based in reworked ideas of Samuel Huntington , advising
4080-491: The control in the Legislative Yuan. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took control of the legislature for the first time, winning the presidency. The KMT became the largest opposition party. The PFP's leader James Soong , despite being a member of the coalition, cooperated with Tsai Ing-wen 's administration, becoming the representative of Chinese Taipei in the APEC summit . Although Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) (known as
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#17327647416884160-464: The corruption in his administration and undermine his legacy. After losing the election, Soong's supporters protested in front of the KMT party headquarters and blockaded the building for a few days. They succeeded in pressuring Lee Teng-hui to resign as KMT chairman in favor of Lien Chan. Within weeks, Soong and his supporters formed the People First Party (PFP), considered a spin-off from the KMT. Prosecutors later dropped all charges against Soong in
4240-415: The court ordered Lee to publish a half-page apology in major newspapers for three consecutive days. Soong's visit to mainland China followed quickly on the heels of the visit of KMT chairman Lien Chan. Beyond a sentimental visit, the important political aspect of his tour came from his visit to Beijing. There, he shook hands with CCP general secretary Hu Jintao and exchanged presents with him; Soong gave Hu
4320-474: The establishment of shared moral values. The movement has been described in the West by political scientist Joseph Fewsmith. Neoconservatives are opposed to radical reform projects and argue that an authoritarian and incrementalist approach is necessary to stabilize the process of modernization . Joseph Fewsmith writes that, the 1989 crackdown aside, the government lacked the resources to fundamentally address
4400-551: The few mainlanders who were also loyal to Lee. In support of Soong, Lee coined the term "New Taiwanese" to describe a person born in mainland China, raised in Taiwan, who calls Taiwan home. Lee moved swiftly to promote Soong to KMT Secretary-General, a position Soong held from 1989 to 1993. In 1993, Lee appointed him Governor of Taiwan Province . In June 1993, Soong opened a Credit Suisse account, three months after he had stepped down as KMT secretary-general, and it closed in 2010. In 2007 he held over 13 million Swiss francs in it, which
4480-478: The formation of a cross-strait union similar to the European Union . His platform called for the characterization of relations between the mainland and Taiwan as neither foreign nor domestic. Although widely seen as the candidate most friendly to mainland China, Soong took particular effort to counter the perception that he would "sell out" Taiwan. The KMT responded by expelling Soong and his supporters from
4560-520: The good performance of Singapore , it would continue to infiltrate the upper echelons of the CCP as a neo-conservatism. Most associated with Shanghai intellectuals, Wang Huning , a leading advocate in the 1980s, would go on to become a close advisor to CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin in the 1990s. The neo-conservatives would enjoy Jiang's patronage. New Conservatism or neoconservatism ( Chinese : 新保守主义 ; pinyin : xīn bǎoshǒu zhǔyì ) argued for political and economic centralization and
4640-709: The government took a clear stance against liberalization in December 1986, political discussions centered in Beijing would nonetheless emerge in academic circles in 1988 in the form of democracy and Neoauthoritarianism. Neoauthoritarianism would catch the attention of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in early 1988 when Wu Jiaxiang wrote an article in which he concluded that the British monarchy initiated modernization by "pulling down 100 castles overnight", thus developmentally linking autocracy and freedom as preceding democracy and freedom. Neoauthoritarianism lost favor after
4720-571: The government. During the KMT's central standing committee on the day of Chiang's funeral, when the Palace Faction sought to delay Lee's accession to the party chairmanship, Soong unexpectedly made an impassioned plea in favour of Lee, declaring that "Each day of delay is a day of disrespect to Ching-kuo." He also made a veiled criticism of Soong Mei-ling (no relation), implying that she had returned to Taiwan after her stepson's death to try to reassume power. Soong established himself as one of
4800-487: The level of local government" with the goal of "decentralizing power to individual enterprises" running "afoul of the growing power of local government, which did not want individual enterprises to retain profit (and) began bargaining with the central government over profit retention, (seizing) decision-making power in the enterprises. This intervention inhibited the more efficient behavior that reforms sought to elicit from industry; decentralization... limited progress." Though
4880-425: The more popular James Soong , who left the party and formed his own People First Party after both he and Lien were defeated by Chen Shui-bian in the presidential elections. Though Chen and the DPP won the presidency, pro-KMT lawmakers held 140 out of 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan . Soong and Lien later formed a coalition in opposition to the DPP minority government . In the 2000 presidential election itself,
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#17327647416884960-498: The other two candidates in major issues such as national defence and the view on the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement . But since Ko and Hou together secured 60% of the votes, Lai would likely not have won had the deal succeeded. Despite this setback, an opposition coalition has still been established between the two parties in the Legislative Yuan since February 2024, forming a majority against
5040-707: The party should depart from the legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution and reformulate socialism according to China's particular national conditions . The neoconservatives enjoyed the patronage of Jiang Zemin during his term as top leader and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1989–2002), and Jiang's theory of the Three Represents has been described as a "bowdlerized form of neoconservatism". Prominent neoconservative theorists include Xiao Gongqin , initially
5120-493: The party. In the final months leading to the 2000 elections, the KMT, then under Lee Teng-hui 's leadership, sued Soong for theft, alleging that as party secretary-general, he stole millions of Taiwan dollars in cash intended for the family of the late president Chiang Ching-kuo and hid the money in the Chunghsing Bills Finance Company. In defense he stated that the money in those bank accounts
5200-518: The premier from 1974 to 1977 and with Chiang Ching-kuo's accession to the presidency, the personal secretary to the president from 1978 to 1981 and 1984 to 1989. Soong gained his public fame on December 16, 1978, when he addressed the nation following the decision of the administration of U.S. president Jimmy Carter to break ties with the ROC in order to switch ties to the People's Republic of China. Soon afterwards, President Chiang promoted Soong to become
5280-416: The problems of the worsening agricultural sector, shifting the past conservative-reform dynamic to one of guiding marketization and managing the consequences of reform. Writing in 1994, Zheng Yongnian considered capitalism as providing a check on state power by dividing public and private spheres, and that "Neoconservativism" was becoming popular at that time, in contrast to liberal intellectuals who argued for
5360-623: The rank of major general in the Nationalist Army from an enlisted sailor. With the Kuomintang (KMT) defeat in the Chinese Civil War , the family fled to Taiwan in 1949. He earned his bachelor's degree in diplomacy from National Chengchi University in 1964. Soong travelled to the United States for graduate school and received a M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley , in 1967 and
5440-571: The ruling "gave justice to Soong", but said that it had come too late. Chen's counsel said that he would appeal the ruling. After a petition, Soong, for the first time as a People First Party presidential candidate, ran the 2012 presidential election together with Lin Ruey-shiung , a National Taiwan University professor in public health. Soong described the " Blue -Green rivalry" in Taiwanese politics as an epidemic and stated that Lin, as
5520-473: The split between Soong and Lee. The position of Governor of Taiwan was eliminated in December 1998 following a National Development Council meeting in 1996, when it suggested that the administrative structure of the Taiwanese government be streamlined. Soong and his supporters believe this to have been a political move by President Lee to cut off Soong's power base, but proponents of the downsizing called it
5600-501: The split in Kuomintang votes between Soong and Lien led in part to the election of Chen Shui-bian. After the election, there was widespread anger within the Kuomintang against Lee Teng-hui, who was expelled for forming his own pro- Taiwan independence party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union . After Lee's expulsion, the Kuomintang moved its policies back to a more conservative one and began informal but close cooperation with
5680-601: The visit between the PFP and the CPC called for practical actions towards establishing links between Taiwan and mainland China while firmly resisting Taiwanese independence. On August 17, 2006, Taiwan's Administrative Supreme Court handed down a ruling against Soong in a tax evasion case. He was charged gift taxes by the National Tax Administration from events in 1994 when he wired NT$ 42 million from his election campaign account to that of his daughter-in-law in
5760-461: The youngest director-general of the GIO, in which he served from 1979 to 1984. Upon Chiang Ching-kuo's death in 1988, Soong was seen as instrumental in consolidating the power of the new president, Lee Teng-hui . Soong was part of the Palace Faction ( 宮廷派 ) that included Chiang loyalists such as Hau Pei-tsun and Lee Huan and which sought to limit Lee Teng-hui and his native Taiwanese faction's role in
5840-474: Was elected vice-president in 1996 , the premiership was vacated in 1997 after the Judicial Yuan ruled out that the person could not serve both vice-president and premier. Soong felt that as Governor of Taiwan, he was the natural successor to Lien, but President Lee believed that Soong should serve out his term. President Lee appointed Vincent Siew , whom Soong considered a subordinate, and this act led to
5920-497: Was also elected the new head of the Kuomintang , and was considered the leading contender for the KMT nomination in the 2008 presidential election . However, it was uncertain whether the KMT and PFP could agree to field a common ticket. On the 2005 chairmanship election , Soong had made a televised endorsement of Ma's opponent Wang Jin-pyng . In the December 2005 3-in-1 local elections , the KMT made large gains and held 14 seats,
6000-419: Was assessed NT$ 13 million in gift tax, with a fine of NT$ 13 million, for a total sum of NT$ 26 million. On October 18, 2006, Soong formally announced and registered his candidacy for the mayoralty of Taipei City , Taiwan's capital and largest city, in the local government elections to be held in December 2006. Soong registered as a "non-partisan" candidate without a party affiliation, declaring that he had taken
6080-472: Was associated with Chinese unification , but has moved towards a more conservative position supporting the present status quo , while rejecting immediate unification with mainland China. It now argues that reunification is possible only after the communist regime in mainland China collapses or transitions to a democracy either as a new democratic government or with the re-establishment of Sun Yat-sen 's Republic of China government which fled to Taiwan after
6160-516: Was designed to emphasize his belief in the common shared roots of the Chinese people, reflecting his pro-unification sentiment. He specifically chose to honour the historical ancestor of the Chinese people, the contemporary father of the Republic of China, and then his own direct ancestors in that precise order. His public comments also addressed this continuous theme, receiving rapturous support from his mainland audience. The political consensus borne of
6240-405: Was in fact all from the KMT, and he insisted that the money transfer was authorized by then-KMT chairman Lee Teng-hui. These statements have been substantiated by an internal KMT memo signed by Lee which were published by the court many years later. The scandal hurt Soong's clean image. Initially leading in the polls, Soong narrowly lost the election with 36.84% of the vote to Chen Shui-bian of
6320-419: Was more popular than Lien, as consistently demonstrated by polls and the results of the 2000 presidential elections. Though both men garnered a combined 60% of the vote in 2000 (compared to Chen's 39%), they lost to Chen in 2004 by a mere 0.22% of the vote and never conceded. After the 2004 presidential election, Soong actively sought the merger of the KMT and People First Party. However, he ceased doing so after
6400-580: Was the 1992 China Youth Daily editorial "Realistic Responses and Strategic Options for China after the Soviet Upheaval", which responded to the fall of the Soviet Union . "Realistic Responses" described the end of the Soviet state as the result of "capitalist utopianism", and argued that the CCP should transform from a "revolutionary party" into a "ruling party". The authors believed that
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