The “King of Hualien” insists on visiting China and abandoning the voters to “go to Beijing to receive the decree” despite continuous earthquakes? (Picture) Fu Kunqi | Legislative Yuan | Yuan Meeting | Wu Siyao | Fan Shiping | Current Affairs Focus |

The earthquake disaster in Hualien, Taiwan has been reported frequently, but the county legislator Fu Kunqi plans to lead a delegation to visit China on the 25th, causing controversy. (Photo source: Central News Agency)
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[Watch China, April 24, 2024](Watch China reporter Cai Siyun’s comprehensive report) Frequent reports of the earthquake disaster in Hualien, Taiwan, Fu Kunqi, the county legislator and the chief convenor of the Kuomintang League of the Legislative Yuan, planned to lead a delegation to visit China on the 25th (tomorrow), causing controversy . Wu Siyao, Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party, criticized that Fu Kunqi should stay in his constituency at this moment to help the victims rebuild their homes. How could he just let go and leave the people of Hualien? Could it be that the CCP issued some order that required them to go to Beijing to “receive the order” at this time?
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Fu Kunqi is a Hualien legislator, the general convener of the KMT Legislative Yuan Caucus, and the executive director of the KMT Central Party Headquarters Policy Committee. He once served as the county magistrate of Hualien County and the chairman of the Taiwan Cross-Strait Political and Economic Exchange Association. His wife is Xu Zhenwei, the current magistrate of Hualien County. Because his family has been in power in Hualien County for a long time, he is called the “King of Hualien”.

“Liberty Times” reported that Fu Kunqi was originally scheduled to visit Hualien for four days with legislators from the same party on the 25th, but aftershocks continued in Hualien during these two days, and disasters were reported frequently. The outside world is concerned about whether his visit will be canceled or postponed until the end of the hospital meeting on the 26th. Yesterday, Fu Kunqi stated through a press release that the visit to Beijing with the Kuomintang legislators was an unavoidable official trip. He also said that almost all Hualien tourist reservations before October have been cancelled, and major local industries are facing a bankruptcy crisis. Without revitalization measures, the situation is precarious.

He said that the purpose of leading a delegation to visit the mainland was to restore cross-strait exchanges and tourism, to open up exports of agricultural and fishery products to the mainland, and to revitalize Hualien’s post-disaster reconstruction economic development. He said that he recently held a symposium on revitalizing Taiwan’s tourism industry, which was attended by hundreds of people from the tourism industry. Everyone hopes that the government can actively attract mainland tourists to visit Taiwan.

Fan Shiping: The “King of Hualien” is confident

In this regard, Fan Shiping, a professor of East Asian Studies at National Taiwan Normal University, said in the “New Taiwan School Online” program today: “When he (Fu Kunqi) goes to Beijing now, how is he going to attract tourists to come to Hualien? Everyone needs to wear two safety helmets. And now that the hotels have collapsed, look at the miserable situation, it’s impossible for anyone to come!” He felt that Fu Kunxuan insisted on visiting China at this time because Xi Jinping mentioned that he would like to see the mainland people when he met with Ma Ying-jeou on April 10. Go to the treasure island of the motherland to have a look. The imperial edict has come. This time he is going to Beijing to take the exam and ask for orders. He has no regard for the people of Hualien County.

Fan Shiping criticized Fu Kunxi: “Even though he was confident, the people of Hualien County still voted for him. Now the county magistrate is his wife Xu Zhenwei. Two years later, Fu Kunxi became the county magistrate again, and Xu Zhenwei became the legislator, and the two changed each other. ”

Wu Siyao: Could it be that Fu Kunqi went to Beijing to “receive the decree”?

However, Wu Siyao, secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party, said in an interview that during the session of the Legislative Yuan, Fu Kunqi should not put aside the parliamentary affairs and the victims of the disaster. Especially in the past few days, there have been reports of disasters in Hualien. At this moment, legislators should Stay in the constituency to help the victims rebuild their homes.

Wu Siyao said that Fu Kunqi is the chief convenor of the Kuomintang League and many bills in the Legislative Yuan are in progress. Why should he lead a delegation to China at an inappropriate time? Fu turned a deaf ear to everyone’s reminders and appeals. What order did the CCP give that required them to “accept the decree” at this time? Wu emphasized that the visiting delegation can actually go to the mainland during the recess of the Legislative Yuan, but it is really not appropriate at this time.

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Lai Ruilong also said that during the earthquake disaster, the people’s representatives and the government needed to work together, but Fu Kunqi’s mind was in Beijing at this time, intending to please Chinese President Xi Jinping. What’s more, the CCP’s military planes continue to cross the central line of the Taiwan Strait to harass, which is felt by Hualien people and Taiwanese people. Therefore, he called on Fu and the KMT legislators to step back from the brink and cancel the pilgrimage to Beijing. “If you choose to go to Beijing when the people are suffering and facing risks, I believe that Hualien and Taiwanese people have the wisdom to make a judgment.”

The visit time coincided with the blue committee meeting, and the number of people who signed up to go to the school dropped significantly.

Fu Kunqi, the chief convener of the Kuomintang League of the Legislative Yuan, is expected to lead legislators from the same party on a four-day visit to China on the 25th. Since the visit coincided with the Legislative Yuan meeting on the 26th, some members of the Blue Committee were worried about being accused of “skipping work” and had not yet decided whether to sign up to go to China. The visiting delegation originally rumored to have 20 legislators may end up with less than 10.

Fu Kunqi started planning this trip to China in February. It was originally scheduled to depart on the 19th, but was later delayed by the Hualien earthquake and was changed to the 25th. A few days ago, it was reported that the list of companions includes Kuomintang legislators Lin Qianqi, Zheng Zhengqian, Huang Ren, Qiu Zhenjun, Zhang Zhilun, Chen Yuzhen, etc. However, some blue committee members said that they are still under consideration, and the final list and itinerary will be announced today.

Because this trip encountered the House of Representatives meeting on the 26th, some legislators were deterred. Lai Shibao, a senior KMT legislator, said in a recent interview that he will not go abroad during the session. Basically, most members try not to go abroad at this time. This is the self-requirement of the members. An unnamed legislator admitted that he had been invited, but he said that even if he went, he would not go during the session.

Fu Kunqi visited China and had the opportunity to meet Wang Huning and Song Tao

“Ling Media” disclosed on the 17th that Fu Kunqi was originally scheduled to lead a delegation to visit China on the 18th, but due to the impact of the earthquake, the departure was postponed to the 25th. Fu Kunqi said that only legislators attended this trip to China. Party Chairman Zhu Lilun also knew that there would be a larger-scale visit in the future. He emphasized that this trip was by invitation and at his own expense. This is a “peace tour” to strengthen cross-strait communication, and some public itineraries will provide relevant explanations to the media.

It is rumored that Fu Kunqi will have the opportunity to meet with Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Song Tao, Chairman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council during this visit. When asked by the media about this matter, Li Yanxiu, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Communication Committee, said that the entire trip was planned and arranged by Fu. The Party Central Committee is currently not completely clear about who he will meet or what exchanges he will have.

When asked by the media whether Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu was rumored to think this trip was not a good one and whether he was worried that Fu might be discredited, Li Yanxiu responded that he respected the opinions and itinerary plans of individual legislators. She believes that Fu Kunqi will conduct cross-Strait exchanges under the constitutional framework of the Republic of China and the principles of reciprocity and dignity, and help both sides of the Strait accumulate goodwill. She explained that since the Legislative Yuan is currently in session, Hanguo-yu does not have time to participate in the visiting delegation.

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