page_title: North–South divide in Taiwan
section_title: City mayoral election in 2018
hierarchical_section_title: North–South divide in Taiwan / History origin/Historical evolution / Kaohsiung / City mayoral election in 2018
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 華山商務大樓位於臺灣臺北市中正區北平東路30號，是長虹建設的代表建案，長虹建設總部、民主進步黨中央黨部均位於其內。English: Huashan Business Building on No.30, Beiping East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan. It's built by Chong Hong Construction.
context_page_description: In Taiwan, the North–South divide refers to the uneven distribution of resources in regard to political, wealth, medical, economic development, education and other aspects across the country over past decades that has drawn the social and cultural differences between northern and southern today. The core spiritual tenet is derived from Southern Taiwanese's long-standing mindset, as they believe they had been treated and regarded as socially inferior by the Taiwanese central government. The anger from the south quickly echoed throughout central Taiwan and eastern Taiwan, as they also thought they're not fairly treated by the central government, compared to the northern part of Taiwan. It was known from history that the Taiwanese central government's policy support for local industrial development as well as public infrastructure is the critical determinant of a local city's future prospects for the resident population.
  According to literature reviews, the benefits of Taiwan's economic development have been largely reaped by the northern part of Taiwan, especially the capital city-Taipei City.
context_section_description: Southern Taiwan was the traditional stronghold behind DPP that had helped it keep winning at the grassroots level all the way to the pinnacle of power. Nevertheless, people are leaving southern Taiwan, their populations are aging, real-income growth is slow and the areas lack the strength to push for industrial transformation. Gradually, the DPP's slogans, “green rule, quality guaranteed”, "Five plus two innovative industries plan" were deflated by the northward drift. It's this key change that empowered Han Kuo-yu to plant the sad sensation that swept across the majority of Kaohsiung citizens in just a few months before the city mayoral election in late 2018. Despite DPP paid relatively more attention to southern Taiwan, DPP didn't realize job opportunities and wages are the keys to reverse the ongoing northward drift. What southern Taiwanese especially Kaohsiung residents truly care is having a good job; their travel options and whether there is an opera near their home are trivial in comparison.
  Since Han Guo-Yu elected as the mayor of Kaohsiung City, KMT somehow realized their wrongdoings over the past decades. Now, leaders in KMT start to learn and speak Taiwanese Minnan, which KMT previously banned and disliked, in front of southern Taiwanese and vowed to reverse the north–south divide in Taiwan. Han Guo-Yu even confessed to the north–south divide in Taiwan which puts southern Taiwanese at a distinct disadvantage. They also promise southern Taiwanese to immediately improve their economic hardship by using their election manefesto aiming to connect the economy in southern Taiwan with that of southern China on the basis of 1992 Consensus once they are in power. The implication is KMT's counterpart DPP no longer holds copyright on speaking up for southern Taiwanese and closing the gap between northern and southern Taiwan.
caption: Kaohsiung had been Democratic Progressive Party's territory heart in spite of the fact that DPP is headquartered in Taipei.[30][105][106][48][107]
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