The Rise and Fall of Han Kuo-yu (Part 2): 30 Years of Democracy
2020 could be the year Taiwan sheds itself of the dictator’s legacy, and find our real values in freedom, democracy, equality and justice.
2020 could be the year Taiwan sheds itself of the dictator’s legacy, and find our real values in freedom, democracy, equality and justice.
The holy grail of Taiwan’s politics for the past 30 years has to do with this man, and the key to understanding the rise of Han Kuo-yu, the KMT 2020 presidential candidate.
Over the last few years, Taiwan has been dubbed “most progressive in Asia,” but Taiwan is actually still a relatively conservative society. However, when it comes to immigration in Taiwan, especially the debate over how to receive immigrants from Hong Kong, we do not have the luxury to be conservative.
Freddy Lim, the Lead singer of Chthonic, is the “soul” the band. He’s also concurrently a New Power Party legislator in the Legislative Yuan. From singing death metal to softly explaining public policy, he makes a fist first but brings his palms together. These are the important works of his life.