Lin Cho-shui explained

Lin Cho-shui
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Smallimage:林濁水委員.jpg
Constituency:Republic of China
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start:1 February 2002
Term End:15 November 2006
Successor:Hsu Te-hsiang
Term Start1:1 February 1993
Term End1:31 January 2002
Constituency1:Taipei 1 (Taipei North until 1999)
Birth Date:1947 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Puli, Taichung County
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:National Chengchi University
Occupation:Politician

Lin Cho-shui (; born 25 March 1947) is a Taiwanese writer, newspaper editor and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2006. He was a longtime member of the Democratic Progressive Party's New Tide faction.

Education

Lin earned a bachelor's degree at National Chengchi University.[1]

Political career

Lin was an original member of the New Tide faction, a group within the Democratic Progressive Party formed by tangwai movement activists to oppose DPP politician Kang Ning-hsiang and later supportive of Chen Shui-bian.[2] [3] Lin helped write the party's founding charter.[4] In 1998, it was suggested that the party platform be revised.[5] Lin and Julian Kuo drafted an amendment delineating the DPP's acceptance of the Republic of China as the official name for Taiwan.[6] By January 1999, it was decided that changes to the party platform would not be made.[4]

Lin was elected to the Legislative Yuan three times as a representative of Taipei 1.[7] [8] [9] For a portion of his first term, Lin was the Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip.[10] In 1999, the Ministry of the Interior proposed a law on referendums. Lin opposed the bill, because the MOI draft did not make Taiwanese sovereignty an issue eligible for referendum.[11] He won the 2001 and 2004 legislative elections via party-list proportional representation.[12] [13] In July 2003, President Chen Shui-bian recommended that the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant and Taiwan's membership in the World Trade Organization both be considered for referendum, a move Lin supported.[14] When the Referendum Act was promulgated in December 2003, a referendum on cross-strait relations did indeed occur in March 2004. A "sunshine code" provision, which mandated the use of blind trusts for all members of the Executive Yuan and every overseas diplomat, passed in February 2006 with support from Lin.[15] In June 2006, the Statute Governing Preferential Treatment for Retired Presidents and Vice Presidents was revised, lowering pensions for former leaders of Taiwan. Lin stated that the amendments were not adequate.[16] Also that month, Lin asked Chiou I-jen to step down as claims of corruption within the Chen administration began.[17] Lin had pledged to resign if Chen were detained,[18] and gave up his seat on 13 November 2006,[19] officially leaving the legislature on 15 November.[20] Lin declared his candidacy for the legislative elections of 2008, and quit the race after winning only 11.01% of the vote in a party primary.[21]

Political stances

Lin supports the Taiwan independence movement and believes that Cross-Strait relations are of an international nature.[22] [23] [24] He often writes for the Taipei Times. Editorials authored for the publication have criticized increasing government bureaucracy,[25] and the policies and actions of Ma Ying-jeou.[26] [27] [28] Lin has written on party politics within the Democratic Progressive Party,[29] and believes vice chairman positions within political parties contribute to bureaucracy.[30] Lin has also expressed disapproval of the DPP,[31] [32] specifically targeting politicians Annette Lu and Yen Ching-chang.[33] [34] He supports pension reform,[35] and expanding the investigative powers of the legislature and Control Yuan.[36]

Lin has covered the 1992 Consensus repeatedly,[37] [38] [39] as well as Cross-Strait relations,[40] [41] [42] [43] and China itself in his writings.[44] Lin's contributions to the Times further include political survey analysis and opinions on the use and meaning of national symbols.[45] [46] [47]

Notes and References

  1. News: Who's Who in the ROC. 31 October 2016. Executive Yuan. 419. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf. 20 October 2016. dmy-all.
  2. Book: Chiou. C.. Democratizing Oriental Despotism. 1995. Springer. 9780230389687. 95.
  3. News: Wu. Debby. DPP lawmakers blast each other as 'sleazy' suck-ups. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 25 December 2004.
  4. News: Lu. Myra. DPP opts not to revise wording of platform. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 8 January 1999.
  5. News: Lu. Myra. DPP members suggest platform change. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 25 December 1998.
  6. News: Lu. Myra. Proposal calls on DPP to recognize 'ROC'; Supporters stress resolution does not suggest change in party ideals. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 30 April 1999.
  7. News: Lin Cho-shui (2) . 24 November 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  8. News: Lin Cho-shui (3) . 24 November 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  9. News: Lin Cho-shui (4) . 25 November 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  10. News: Sheng. Virginia. Proposal would parcel out top positions in Legislature. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 29 December 1995.
  11. News: Lu. Myra. Interior Ministry approves draft of referendum law. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 28 May 1999.
  12. News: Lin Cho-shui (5) . 25 November 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  13. News: Lin Cho-shui (6) . 25 November 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  14. News: Fanchiang. Cecilia. Chen announces intention to hold referendum. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 4 July 2003.
  15. News: Yu. Susan. New 'sunshine code' requires Cabinet, ambassadors to put assets in blind trust. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 17 February 2006.
  16. News: Tsai. June. Lawmakers pass bills in extra session. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 7 July 2006.
  17. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Pan-blues slam resignation of president's aides. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 3 June 2006.
  18. News: Wang. Flora. Ex-New Tide lawmakers deny resignation rumor. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 15 November 2006.
  19. News: Chuang. Jimmy. Ko. Shu-ling. President regrets DPP pair's resignations, aide says. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 15 November 2006.
  20. News: Ko. Shu-ling. Chuang. Jimmy. Lin and Lee speak in their committees for the last time. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 16 November 2006.
  21. News: Wang. Flora. DPP members cull New Tide and 'bandits'. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 8 May 2007.
  22. News: Chiu. Jennifer. KMT sway in Legislature over?. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 22 December 1992.
  23. News: Liu. Weiling. Mainland relations split conference participants. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 27 December 1996.
  24. News: Tsai. June. Seminar tackles issues of identity, state. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 13 December 2007.
  25. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Civil service benefits are among best in the world. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 14 January 2011.
  26. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Stuck in myths of days long gone. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 29 May 2011.
  27. News: Lin. Cho-shui. How to apologize for everyone else. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 23 August 2009.
  28. News: Lin. Cho-shui. The 'early harvest' list numbers do not add up. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 7 July 2010.
  29. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Party, policy platforms key for DPP. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 22 March 2010.
  30. News: Lu. Myra. DPP gives party chair to sitting president. 30 October 2016. Taiwan Today. 26 April 2002.
  31. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Corruption is not the real problem. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 31 December 2005.
  32. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Time for DPP to learn from errors. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 20 June 2008.
  33. News: Yen. Ching-chang. Lin's WTO accusations unfounded, damaging. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 9 October 2005.
  34. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Let's strengthen the Cabinet system. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 6 August 2006.
  35. News: Lin. Cho-shui. The truth behind the 18% interest. 27 October 2016. Taipei Times. 27 January 2011.
  36. News: Former lawmaker calls for reforms to aid in oversight. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 28 September 2011.
  37. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Ma subscribes to fiction as history. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 17 June 2007.
  38. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Ma dishonest in avowal of the '1992 consensus'. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 26 July 2013.
  39. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Don't blame '1992 consensus' only. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 19 February 2012.
  40. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Charity work differs in Taiwan and China. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 2 February 2011.
  41. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Seeing past China's factional games. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 3 April 2013.
  42. News: Cho-shui. Lin. Taipei Times. Awaking from the 'China Dream'. 29 October 2016. 1 January 2013.
  43. News: Lin. Cho-shui. PLA generals are much too confident. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 9 December 2009.
  44. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Brutal labor exploitation in China. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 3 July 2010.
  45. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Preserving Taiwan's hard-won dignity. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 24 July 2009.
  46. News: Lin. Cho-shui. New survey dismantles some old stereotypes. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 19 March 2007.
  47. News: Lin. Cho-shui. Ethnicity, class losing their appeal in elections. 29 October 2016. Taipei Times. 2 December 2010.

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