[Global Times Special Correspondent Cheng Dong] On the 25th, the Kuomintang Central Committee passed the nomination of "legislator" Jiang Wanan to run for mayor of Taipei. Party Chairman Zhu Lilun also took his hand and shouted "Frozen Garlic" (elected), showing unity.

As the only politician in the fourth generation of the Jiang family, Jiang Wanan shoulders the "important task" of continuing the political blood of the Jiang family, but he himself has been reluctant to talk about his life experience.

Now officially nominated, Jiang Wanan cannot avoid the issue of "two Jiangs".

Jiang Wanan faces three challenges

　　At the regular meeting on the 25th, Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun praised Jiang Wanan as the most important and promising person in the Kuomintang.

Chiang Wan-an said that Taipei is not only one of the "six capitals", but a leader in leading Taiwan to the world.

Zhao Shaokang, a senior media person, said, "I've been calling for a long time, and I wish Brother Wan'an a victory and win back to Taipei."

　　Among the "nine-in-one" election nominations by the Kuomintang at the end of this year, Jiang Wanan is almost the least controversial candidate.

He was born in December 1978, the son of former "foreign minister" Jiang Xiaoyan.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Jiang Wanan officially became a practicing lawyer in the United States, mainly responsible for venture capital financing, private equity financing, corporate mergers and acquisitions and listing, etc. In 2011, he founded Wanze International Law Firm in San Francisco.

In 2015, he returned to Taiwan to announce his candidacy for "legislators" and was successfully elected.

His wife Shi Fanggen was Jiang Wan'an's classmate at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. After falling in love for ten years, the two registered their marriage in California, USA in 2008. When the wedding was held in Taipei, the marriage was witnessed by Ma Ying-jeou, the former chairman of the Kuomintang.

The two have two sons.

　　Running for the mayor of Taipei, Jiang Wanan's life experience is an unavoidable topic.

He claimed that he only learned that he was a descendant of the Jiang family when he was 10 years old, and had little interaction with other fourth-generation Jiang family.

In January this year, Taiwan media reported that when Huang Qinglong, the former president of Wang Bao, went to the United States to check the Diary of Chiang Ching-kuo, he found that Jiang wrote in his diary that "filial piety and filial piety" were not his sons, but those of his old subordinate Wang Jichun. child.

Jiang Wanan responded that his name "Wan'an" was given by his grandfather, and he hoped that he would not forget his roots and remember that Wan'an in Jiangxi was the most impoverished place at that time.

In March, there was a continuous power outage on the island. "Executive President" Su Zhenchang, when answering Jiang Wanan's question about the power outage, asked, "Your grandfather said that he would attack the mainland, but he hasn't yet."

Analysts believe that Su's move was aimed at gathering support from the green camp and picking up issues from the Jiang family in an attempt to make Jiang Wanan lose the middle and young votes.

　　Today's news network polls as of 10 pm on the 25th show that in the mayoral election of Taipei, Jiang Wanan leads with 51.35% of the support rate, the current Taipei City Deputy Mayor Huang Shanshan ranks second with 16.22%, the DPP is the most likely Candidate and Taiwan's epidemic prevention commander Chen Shizhong ranked third with 10.84%.

The survey also showed that 67.57% of netizens believed that "Jiang Wan'an will be elected if he is so excellent", and 24.32% of netizens believed that "there are still variables in the election and may lose the election".

　　The DPP said that Jiang Wanan is not good at creating topics, and it is difficult to become the leader of the KMT election campaign.

People in the Kuomintang believe that Jiang Wanan's advantages are that he is young, has a good image, and has rich experience. In addition to attracting intellectual voters, he can also attract young people.

However, the Kuomintang has been in opposition in Taipei for 8 years, and some of the central blue voters have mostly turned to the People's Party because of their disappointment. How Jiang Wanan can improve the image of the blue camp and regain the trust of these voters will be a major problem.

According to media analysis, Jiang Wanan faces three major challenges, including how to resist the overwhelming attack of the green camp, how to break through under the blue-green-white triad, and how to stabilize the fundamentals of the Kuomintang with the expansion of the support of young voters in the middle.

　Brother Jiang Youbai obeys father's order and does not engage in politics

　　Among the third generation of the Jiang family, that is, the four children of Jiang Jingguo and Jiang Fangliang, only the daughter Jiang Xiaozhang is still alive.

In the fourth generation, in addition to Jiang Wanan being a "political star" of the Kuomintang, Jiang Youbai, the eldest son of Jiang Xiaoyong, has also received considerable attention.

　　Jiang Youbai was born in September 1976. After Jiang Jingguo's death, he immigrated to Canada with his family, away from politics, and later graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

He once wanted to go into politics, but his father Jiang Xiaoyong told him, "This is not a very wise decision."

Jiang Youbai later said in an interview, "My father is the best friend and the best brother in my life. Of course I have to listen to what my brother says!" In 2003, he and his younger brother Jiang Youchang founded Chenguo Design Company in Taiwan. Intel, Taiwan's Sony and Giant are all its customers.

In 2015, the cafe in Chiang Ching-kuo's former residence in Hangzhou was revealed to be designed by Jiang Youbai himself. In April this year, he joined hands with Breeze Plaza to launch the "Metaverse Art New Trend", which also attracted attention.

　　However, compared with his commercial achievements, the tall and handsome Jiang Youbai seems to be more concerned about his love life on the island.

In 2003, he married Lin Hengyi, a new-generation movie star who had participated in the idol drama "Lavender", and they have a pair of children.

In 2005, when he appeared on the "Kangxi Is Coming" program, Jiang Youbai revealed that he and his wife had a sweet relationship in private, and also said that he would not divorce.

This marriage, which is considered by the outside world to be a "princess and princess-like union", was finally defeated by real life and declared a break.

The two were exposed to quarreling over trivial matters of life. In 2017, Jiang Youbai was photographed having an affair with the female special assistant Zhuang Hanyun, and the news of the marriage broke out.

The following year, a divorce lawsuit was filed, and the two were torn apart because of alimony.

　　Compared with Jiang Wanan and Jiang Youbai, the other fourth generation rarely showed up.

Jiang Yousong, the eldest grandson of Jiang Jingguo and the son of Jiang Xiaowu, attended the opening ceremony of the "Jingguo Seven Seas Cultural Park" in January this year and delivered a speech on behalf of the Jiang family.

Jiang Youbai's younger brother Jiang Youchang returned to Taiwan after a divorce in 2008 and remarried in June 2012.

Another younger brother, Jiang Youqing, was very uneasy. From August 2013 onwards, he spread unfavorable remarks to the teachers and students of his American school on social platforms for three months. After the school called the police, he was charged with intimidation in November of that year.

Jiang Youqing blew himself up at the time when the Jiang family was under a lot of pressure, and he had a serious mental illness.

He also revealed that his brother Jiang Youbai has not spoken to him for more than a year.

"Descendants of the Jiang family", an indelible identity label

　　Regardless of whether they are engaged in politics or business, the identity of "the descendants of the Jiang family" is a label they cannot tear off.

And their views on their ancestors have also caused a lot of controversy.

　　In 2006, Jiang Youbai orally published the book "Aristocrats on the Edge of the Cliff", and in 2012 he wrote "The Nineteenth Layer of Hell" by himself.

When talking about the surname "Jiang", he said that with the publication of the ancestors' diaries and the departure from the era of power, it seems that everyone can criticize Jiang, but the only ones who can't talk about Jiang are the descendants of the Jiang family. He tried to talk about Jiang, However, he was criticized for forgetting his roots, and those who beat Jiang encouraged him to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light".

At the end of 2007, Jiang Youbai said bluntly in an exclusive interview with the British media BBC that the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall should not exist, "this is really not a glorious thing."

In the same year, he also commented on his great-grandfather Chiang Kai-shek, saying, "Did the Kuomintang kill people? Yes, this is a fact, so 'kill in Shanghai' or 'kill in Taiwan' doesn't matter, the murderer needs to pay for his life is the unchanging truth."

　　In April of this year, Jiang Wanan proposed to transform the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall into a "Taiwan Construction Memorial Hall", which caused an uproar.

The military department with a dark blue background was greatly disappointed, believing that he abandoned the core values ​​for the election and cut off the history of the Kuomintang before 1949, "How is this different from the Tsai government?" Jiang", "It is enough to dig up the 18th generation of other people's ancestors during the election, but Jiang Wanan's move is like digging the graves of his ancestors, which will make Jiang Zhongzheng jump to his feet."

　　Zhang Yazhong, the principal of Sunwen School, analyzed that Jiang Wanan and Jiang Youbai both have "the last king and grandson complex". The specific manifestation is that under their mild appearance, they often have a special kind of restraint that is similar to pride, and they are very sensitive to their origins; When mentioned, they are normal. Once they feel that their origin is noticed by people around them, they will show a special reaction, "wanting to cut strongly with the 'glory and shame of their ancestors' to highlight their ancestry. ego", they have a complex feeling between inferiority and pride.

Zhang Yazhong said that Jiang Wanan's grandfather is still the best leader in the minds of many people in Taiwan. If he really had the courage to take on everything his ancestors did, when many Green Camp people humiliated Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Kai-shek, we never saw Jiang Wanan bravely stand up for them both. historical position defense?

　　An editorial published by China Times in April this year argued that what the DPP really feared for the two Chiangs was their consistent national consciousness, and the two Chiangs never forgot for a moment that they were Chinese.

The DPP is reluctant to accept that they have become the historical umbilical cord between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

And Jiang Wanan, as the only fourth generation of the Jiang family who is in politics, bears the empathy effect of Taiwanese society on the two Chiangs, and has the responsibility to make a clear statement on the ideas of the two Chiangs.

Jiang Wanan has had a smooth journey since he entered politics. This time, he represented the Kuomintang in the election of Taipei mayor, which is even more stark.

Zhongshi Electronic News said that the Kuomintang has lost several elections, and what is currently lacking is responsible leaders. Since Jiang Wanan chose to fight in Taipei, he must have the courage to "take down the mountain", "Have the courage to express your position on the historical positioning of the Jiang family, That's the first step."