Lai Pin-yu explained

Lai Pin-yu
Term Start1:1 February 2020
Term End1:31 January 2024
Successor1:Liao Hsien-hsiang
Birth Date:1992 3, df=yes
Profession:Politician, cosplayer
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Lai Pin-yu (; born 2 March 1992) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party who was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020. She is also a cosplayer.

Education and early activism

Lai was born on 2 March 1992[1] in Zhonghe, Taipei County, Taiwan. She is the daughter of the Democratic Progressive Party politician Lai Chin-lin and his wife Wu Ju-ping (吳如萍), a media worker.[2]

Lai obtained her bachelor's degree in law from National Taipei University in 2013.[3] After the appearance of the and the in 2012 caused by the death of Hung Chung-chiu, Lai began to participate in many social movements in person.[4]

During Chen Deming's 26 November 2013 visit with Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation Lin Join-sane, more than 20 students from the Black Island Youth Front, dissatisfied with Chen's pressure on the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement, planned to hold a placard to protest near the foundation headquarters.[5] They immediately clashed with the police there; Lai was surrounded alongside two other female students by ten female police officers, and was dragged by the police all the way to the headquarters before letting go.[6] In an interview on the same day, she said that the effects of relative cheapness of Chinese labor and the easing of environmental laws will cause Taiwan's industry to stagnate the salary level of Taiwan's labor in comparison with mainland China.[7]

Since Lai Pin-yu is an anime fan herself and also likes selfies and cosplay, she received a lot of followers on Facebook.[8] In the demolition of the triggered by the in December 2013, Lai Pin-yu decided to combine the issue of destruction with cosplay, and cosplay as Rei Ayanami, a character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, in the hopes that the image work left by taking pictures of the architectural remains of the Huaguang community will attract more attention.[9] In January 2014, during the, she pointed out that in the new draft syllabus proposed by the Ministry of Education, only the 1943 Cairo Declaration is mentioned in the process of determining the status of international law, but it downplays the content of the Treaty of San Francisco and the Taiwan Relations Act enacted by the 96th United States Congress.[10]

Lai participated in Sunflower Student Movement in 2014 where she was arrested for blocking traffic with other protesters.[11]

Political career

Lai entered politics in September 2019 when she became a Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Legislative Yuan in the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election.[12] As a cosplayer, Lai was seen dressed up as Asuka Langley Soryu from the Japanese Neon Genesis Evangelion anime franchise and Sailor Mars from the Sailor Moon franchise in her campaign advertisement.[13] [14] On 11 January 2020, Lai won the election to become the member of Legislative Yuan representing New Taipei City Constituency XII.[3] She was the youngest member of the 10th Legislative Yuan.[15] Similarly, in 2022, Lai cosplayed as Yor Forger from Spy × Family.[16] Lai ran for reelection in 2024, losing to .[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 成功進軍國會 賴品妤貼超火辣照曬美腿：未來四年請多指教. Li Hongdian 李鴻典. 1 January 2020. SET News. zh-Hant-TW. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031145425/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=670687. 31 October 2020. 15 January 2020.
  2. Web site: 國會最年輕正妹！27歲賴品妤擊敗老將 汐止區關鍵372票決勝. Ke Peichen 柯沛辰. 1 January 2020. ET Today. zh-Hant. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200115174741/https://www.ettoday.net/news/20200112/1623593.htm. 15 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
  3. News: Keoni. Everington. 12 January 2020. Taiwanese cosplay candidate, Sunflower Movement activist wins legislative seat. Taiwan News. 12 January 2020. 12 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112044509/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3855559. live.
  4. Web site: 台灣抗議學生群體多為民進黨外圍分子 . 2 March 2014. . zh-hant . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325015528/http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20140324/-9-3221441/1.html . 25 March 2014 . dead .
  5. Web site: 杨平："反服贸"学运是民进党操弄的结果 . 艾然 . 2 March 2014. 華廣網 . zh-hans . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328164630/http://www.chbcnet.com/pl/content/2014-03/28/content_806451.htm . 28 March 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: 對陳德銘高喊反服貿 學生遭警察「鎖喉」 . 王立柔 . 2 November 2013 . . zh-hant . 28 March 2014 . 8 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508070150/http://www.greenpeace.com.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2652 . live .
  7. Web site: 看見台灣 請陳德銘停止干涉台灣內政 . 張廷玉和陳金寶 . 2 November 2013 . 《自立晚報》 . zh-hant . 28 March 2014 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507193259/http://www.idn.com.tw/news/news_content.php?artid=20131126abcd026 . live .
  8. Web site: 服貿／抗議「嬌」點 甜美正妹是社運狂 剽悍抗警察沒在怕 . 劉家綺 . 徐士庭 . 2 March 2014 . . zh-hant . 28 March 2014 . 20 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520001553/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?PageGroupID=6&NewsID=17375&PageType=3 . live .
  9. Web site: 【獨家】22歲女大生 為民主做悍妞 . 1 March 2014 . 《蘋果日報》 . zh-hant . 28 March 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211225/http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/politics/20140319/363058/ . live .
  10. Web site: 高中歷史爭議課綱 教部定案 . 2 January 2014 . 《台灣立報》 . zh-hant . 26 March 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132318/http://www.lihpao.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-137309 . live .
  11. News: Lily. Kuo. 10 January 2020. 'We need more dreams': Taiwan's 'Squad' rallies youth ahead of election. The Guardian. 13 January 2019. 13 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200413030334/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/10/taiwan-election-squad-youth-china-tsai-ing-wen. live.
  12. News: Chang. Chi. Kuan-ting. Liu. Matthew. Mazzetta. 12 January 2020. 2020 ELECTIONS / Young candidates, underdogs prevail in several legislative races. Focus Taiwan. 12 January 2020. 11 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111193233/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202001120003. live.
  13. News: Keoni. Everington. 10 January 2020. Photo of the Day: Cat ears, cosplay, death metal featured in Taiwan campaign ad. Taiwan News. 12 January 2020. 11 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111190836/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3854070. live.
  14. News: Kim . Morrissy . 13 January 2020. Cosplayer, Activist Lai Pin-yu Wins Seat at Taiwan Election . . 30 March 2024.
  15. News: Wei . Clarissa . How a 29-Year-Old Woman Cosplayed Her Way Into Taiwan’s Center of Power . 13 January 2024 . Vice . 23 April 2021 . At 29 years old, Lai is currently the youngest legislator in the Legislative Yuan—Taiwan’s unicameral legislature—and one of the youngest in Taiwanese history. Elected into office in early 2020, she’s a freshman politician who campaigned on local issues of easing traffic and noise pollution in her district, and larger issues of gender equality and safeguarding Taiwan’s sovereignty—all while tactfully leveraging her long love for anime and cosplay to capture the youth vote..
  16. Web site: Taiwanese Politician's Spy x Family Cosplay Goes Viral . 18 September 2022 .
  17. News: Liu . Tzu-hsuan . KMT wins 52 legislative seats, DPP bags 51 and TPP eight . 13 January 2024 . Taipei Times.

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