AUGUST 2010
DEMOCRACY & PROGRESS
DPP holds 2010 youth campaign camp
Young students learn about election campaigning in the DPP 2010
Youth Campaign Camp.
The DPP organized a youth
summer camp for university stu-
dents across the country to en-
courage young students to par-
ticipate in public affairs and
learn more about the modern
election campaign. The camp
was organized by the DPP’s
Youth Department in Tainan
County’s Tree Valley Park from
Aug. 19 to 21.
To promote the summer camp,
the DPP took the campaign on-
line and invited participation
through online registration at the
DPP’s youth blog. The title given
to the camp was the 2010 Demo-
cratic Generation Campaign
Camp to highlight the DPP’s
emphasis on democracy. The
DPP also promoted the camp
with slogans such as “I Act, So I
Am”, a theme that will be used
to encourage youth participation
throughout the 2010 campaign.
Alex Huang, director of the
DPP’s Dept. of Youth Affairs,
said the purpose of this event
was to give youth in Taiwan an
opportunity to meet and discuss
with those involved in develop-
ing campaign tactics for the DPP
in winning elections.
For these topics, the heads of
the DPP’s media, youth and sur-
vey departments spoke to young
participants about the roles each
department plays in a political
campaign.
Participants also had a
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
DPP holds 2010 youth
campaign camp
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DPP hosts international
workshop on youth
participation in politics
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DPP Big-5 candidates:
eating their way to
victory
- Pg. 4
DPP Ten Year Policy
Manifesto enters its third
phase
- Pg. 6
chance to have a sit-down session
with youth activists from other
countries who are involved in
campaigning in their home coun-
tries. The international youth ac-
tivists were visiting Taiwan as part
a youth workshop organized by the
DPP in collaboration with the
Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats (see related story).
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As invited main speaker, Kao Chien-chi,

former legislator and current DPP Deputy
Secretary-General told about his experience
as legislator, starting from his grassroots
campaigning to representing the public’s
voice in government and his involvement in
writing legislation.
Another main speaker was Lu Wei-ying,
director of youth affairs for the campaign
headquarters of the DPP’s 2010 Greater
Tainan candidate Lai Ching-teh. Lu spoke of
the central themes for youth in Lai Ching-
teh’s campaign, citing Lai’s slogan of “where
Young Taiwanese students mingling with international
there is happiness, where there is future, the youth visitors from Singapore and Malaysia at the DPP
political work must continue”. He also said 2010 Youth Campaign Camp in Tainan held from Aug. 19
that history proves that only through faith and to 21.
belief can there be extraordinary creativity and
emotion coming from youth.

DPP hosts international workshop on youth

participation in politics
Participants from (left to right): Indonesia, Taiwan, Ma-
laysia and Hong Kong discuss strategies to attract youth
participation in politics.
The DPP, along with the Council of Asian Lib- Singapore, the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka, the
erals and Democrats (CALD), held an interna- Sam Rainsy
tional youth workshop in Kaohsi-
ung from Aug. 17 to 21. The DPP is
a founding member of CALD, a
network of political parties that
promotes the values of democracy
and freedom throughout Asia.
The DPP hosted the workshop to
gather young activists from Asian
political parties and have them
share the way international parties
promote youth participation in poli-
tics. Participants in the workshop
included young representatives
from the DPP of Taiwan, the Demo-
cratic Party of Thailand, Liberal Party of
the Philippines, Gerakan Party of Malay-
sia, the Singapore Democratic Party of
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...DPP hosts international workshop on youth partici-
pation in politics
Party of Cambodia, the Democratic Party of
Struggle and the National Awakening Party of
Indonesia, the Democratic Party of Hong Kong
and the Democratic Party of Japan.
Representatives from the European youth
liberal alliance, LYMEC, and Germany’s Frie-
drich Naumann Foundation were also present
at the workshop to speak of their experience in
forming youth organizations in Europe.
Bikhim Hsiao, director of the DPP’s De-
partment of International Affairs and spokes-
person for DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen, spoke at
the workshop opening regarding the impor-
tance of participating at a young age in politics.
Hsiao said that the DPP has always been
associated with the youth, citing as an example
the DPP 2000 campaign slogan “Taiwan: A
Young Country with Energetic Government”.
She said that the DPP’s victory in the 2000
election confirmed that youth were indeed a
powerful electoral bloc in Taiwanese politics.
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“It is a challenge to govern and to make a
difference - and the youth always play a pivotal
role in the process,” Hsiao said.
In addition to learning about the way young
people participate in politics in different coun-
tries across Asia, the international workshop
participants were also able to experience the
DPP’s involvement and culture in southern
Taiwan.
Staying near the Love River of Kaohsiung,
the international workshop attendees visited
Kaohsiung’s Laohe night market and the vi-
brant shopping district of New Chueh Chiang
during the first two days of the workshop. On
the last day of the workshop, participants vis-
ited the campaign headquarters of the DPP
candidate in Greater Tainan, Lai Ching-teh.
They also had a chance to visit Tainan’s his-
torical monuments such as the Chikan Towers,
the Confucius Temple and the National Mu-
seum of Taiwan Literature housed in Tainan’s
former city hall.
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AUGUST 2010

DPP Big-5 candidates: eating their way to victory

DPP candidates for the year-end Big 5 elections
have been busy campaigning, waking early to
visit the morning markets and staying out late to
chat with voters in their homes. While this is a
whole day ordeal, the candidates often make
stops to taste local products and cuisine.
In northern Taiwan, DPP Taipei Candidate Su
Tseng-chang has found some great local delights.
During a hot summer day in the campaign, Su
didn’t hesitate to make a stop for refreshments at
his favorite Park Sour Plum Store (Kong Yuan
Hao Suan Mei) near the 228 Peace Memorial
Park. This drinks store is unique in Taipei, not
only because it has more than 40 years of history,
but also because it attracts young and old with its
fresh sour plum juice.
As Greater Taipei area is comprised of tradi-
tional towns and fast developing cities, DPP
Chair Tsai Ing-wen has made several stops to
learn about the food predominantly consumed in
these districts. She learned the art of making rice
dumplings in Kungliao Township during prepara-
tion for the June Dragon Boat Festival, and also
stopped by Shenkeng Township to taste this
town’s specialty, tofu making. In Panchiao, a city
of more than half a million residents, Tsai
visited an organic supermarket opened this
year. This supermarket features all organic
products and vegetables by local Taiwan
farmers.
In Central Taiwan, DPP Candidate Su
Chia-chuan couldn’t campaign without
promoting Greater Taichung’s most re-
nowned delicacy, the sun cake. In Feng
Yuan City of Greater Taichung, where the
sun cake originated, Su held a cook-off with
local pastry chefs in early August while
promoting his campaign platform of enlarg-
ing the sun cake popularity by building a
heritage museum and holding a world pas-
try cultural exposition.

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...Eating their way to victory
For Greater Kaohsiung, the city of Kaohsiung is
fast becoming a vibrant and attractive city for
international visitors. More and more, Kaohsi-
ung features its own version of international cui-
sine. One of the campaign highlights of DPP
Greater Kaohsiung Candidate Chen Chu is to
promote the use of the area’s agricultural prod-
ucts in the city’s food products. In particular,
local residents have recently started to enjoy
fresh oven-baked pizzas, and Chen Chu man-
aged to stop at the newly restored Urban Spot-
light in Central Park Kaohsiung City to cook her
own pizza.
Most people know that Greater Tainan offers
a great variety of snacks and drinks that are
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made of agricultural products grown in the area.
DPP Candidate Lai Ching-teh has been pushing
for Tainan’s farmers to promote their products
internationally as world-class. Over the past few
months, Lai has paid several visits to farming
villages such as Kueijen and Matou, known for
growing the delicious sugar apple and pomelo
fruits.
As the Big-5 election approaches, DPP candi-
dates have each produced a variety of campaign
themes that apply to their electoral districts.
However, there is one thing shared by Taiwanese
local culture and the DPP candidates and that is
their passion for local food and fruits.
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AUGUST 2010

DPP Ten Year Policy Manifesto enters DEMOCRACY &

its third phase PROGRESS
In early 2010, the DPP organized the “Taiwan’s Unavoidable PUBLISHED BY:
Challenges Conference” series to launch its Ten Year Policy
Manifesto, a policy package that highlights the DPP’s vision Department of International
for Taiwan over the next ten years. The policy package will be Affairs Democratic
comprised of chapters devoted to topics such as foreign rela- Progressive Party
tions, social welfare, the economy, environment and agricul-
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icy suggestions. Email: foreign@dpp.org.tw
At the DPP’s Central Standing Committee meeting of Aug.
11, the DPP launched the first draft of one of the chapters in Website:
the Ten Year Policy Manifesto. This chapter will focus on the http://www.dpp.org.tw
issue of ethnic diversity in Taiwan, with suggestions for im-
proving ethnic relations and enhancing Taiwanese culture
among our diverse community.
DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen said that the DPP presented the DIRECTOR:
ethnic diversity draft first because this is an important and Bikhim Hsiao
critical topic – for both Taiwanese society and for the DPP.
“Taiwan is a country comprised of ethnic and immigrant DEPUTY DIRECTORS:
societies, and we must, on one hand, promote a common na- Hsieh Huai-hui
tional identity and, on the other hand, maintain the openness Tsai Meng-chun
of an immigrant society as well as promote ethnic and cultural
diversity,” she said.
Subsequently, another first draft on the issue of gender EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
equality was presented at the DPP’s Central Standing Com- Michael J. Fonte
mittee meeting on Aug. 25. This chapter discussed the chal-
lenges of the current low birth rate and gender disparity in EDITOR:
Taiwan. The policy recommendations presented in the first Ping-Ya Hsu
draft suggest the creation of a proper environment for gender
equality and support for a gender-friendly workplace, among
others.

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