Han Kuo-yu Gives Speech at Harvard University|韓國瑜哈佛閉門座談會 談"韓流現象"

Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu recently attended a closed-door seminar at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, where he spoke about the "Han wave" and how he won the mayoral election. He attributed his win to the people's dissatisfaction with an ineffective government, and criticized the empty cross-strait policies of the Tsai Ing-wen administration.


Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies invited Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu to attend a closed-door seminar during his visit to the United States. Han gave the first speech of his trip during this seminar in front of 30 or so attendees.

What brings me to Harvard today is the fact that last November, I won an election in southern Taiwan that nobody thought I could possibly win. Besides, people are saying that I singlehandedly reshaped the politics of Taiwan. They are calling this widespread political current the "Hanliu" or "Han wave."

The mayor mentioned the "Han wave" at the start of his talk, but added that it's not something he believes in. He attributed his election win to the people's dissatisfaction with the government.

The people of Taiwan dislike not just the DPP, but they are tired of all of the traditional politicians, especially those politicians who come up with fancy slogans and empty promises. They don't know and they don't care what the people really need.

With regards to the cross-strait relationship, Han said it's important for there to be peace instead of war, and therefore he recognizes the 1992 Consensus, which asserts that there is one China, but the two sides can interpret the meaning of one China according to their own definition. He added it is not the same as "one country, two systems," and criticized the Tsai Ing-wen administration for its empty cross-strait policies.



接受哈佛大學費正清中國研究中心的歡迎，高雄市長韓國瑜訪美，第一場演說就在中心舉辦的座談會，現場約30多人參加。

高雄市長 韓國瑜表示：「今天帶我到哈佛的，是去年11月我在台灣南部，贏了一場沒有人認為我有可能獲勝的大選。此外，人們說我單槍匹馬，改變台灣政治，他們把這種廣泛傳播的政治潮流，稱為韓流。」

演講一開始先提到韓流，但韓國瑜解釋，他不相信韓流，因為是人民對政府的不滿，讓他走到今天。

高雄市長 韓國瑜表示：「台灣人民不僅不喜歡民進黨，且厭倦所有傳統的政治家，特別是那些提出花俏口號，和空洞承諾的，他們不知道，也不關心人們真正的需要。」

對於兩岸關係，韓國瑜強調兩岸必須和平沒有戰爭，他因此承認一中各表的九二共識，不是一國兩制，但蔡英文政府對這方面就顯得空洞。