Taiwan Communist Party
The Taiwan Communist Party was a social democratic political party in Taiwan. It was established on 20 June 2008 in Sinhua, Tainan[6] the same day that the Justices of the Constitutional Court ruled the prohibition of communism unconstitutional, making it the first party to legally include "communist" in its name after the ruling.[7] Prior to the ruling, the Taiwan Communist Party's founder and chairman Wang Laoyang (王老養) had been trying to establish the party since 1994, but his applications were repeatedly rejected by the government.[8]
Taiwan Communist Party 臺灣共產黨 | |
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Leader | Wang Lao-yang |
Founded | 20 July 2008[1] |
Dissolved | 29 April 2020[2] |
Ideology | Social democracy[3][4] Three Principles of the People[5] |
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Traditional Chinese | 臺灣共產黨 or 台灣共產黨 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 台湾共产党 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Although the party includes "communist" in its name, Wang stated that he does not understand Marxism–Leninism and only chose the name because he thought it would attract more interest.[3] The party is nominally social democratic,[3][4] and does not have subordinate relations with the Communist Party of China.[8]
References
- "List of political parties" (in Chinese). Department of Civil Affairs, ROC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- 政黨廢止備案名單 民國109/05/05
- Hu, Youzhong (2008). “台湾共产党”主席不懂马列. The People's Daily (in Chinese) (No. 16). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "Taiwan Communist Party Party Declaration". www.jqknews.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- 中国历史上曾经还有十四个“共产党” (in Chinese)
- 台灣共產黨申請14年後獲准成立 (in Chinese). BBC Chinese.com. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
- 釋字第 644 號 [Interpretation No. 644] (in Chinese). Justices of Constitutional Court, Judicial Yuan, ROC. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
- 臺灣共產黨歷經14年申請終於成立 (in Chinese). 北京新浪網. Retrieved 23 July 2008.