New Tide faction

New Tide faction
新潮流系
LeaderLai Ching-te
Dissolved2006 (de jure)
Ideology
Political position
TypeDemocratic Progressive Party faction

The New Tide faction (Chinese: 新潮流系; pinyin: Xīn Cháoliú Xì; Wade–Giles: Hsīn Ch'áo-liú Hsì) was the largest faction of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan before the party voted to dissolve all factions in 2006. Though dissolved, it remains the largest faction in the DPP.

The faction initially advocated social democracy, attempting to work with other labor and social movements to influence public policy. The faction also advocated the use of group action to resist the influence of elected officials in the Tangwai and DPP (many early New Tide members entered politics via Tangwai publications and social movements rather than electoral politics, as a result, most were not elected officials). The faction initially appeared in the form of "domestic Taiwan independence activists" (in contrast to Taiwan independence activists operating from abroad) It pushed the DPP to include Taiwan independence in the party charter, to boost their position against the more moderate factions, as well as against World United Formosans for Independence members returning from exile.

  1. ^ a b c Jean-Francois Dupre (February 24, 2017). Culture Politics and Linguistic Recognition in Taiwan: Ethnicity, National Identity, and the Party System. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ... New Tide faction (新潮流系), which combined a populist social democrat ideology with Taiwanese nationalism.
  2. ^ Dafydd Fell (September 27, 2006). Party Politics in Taiwan: Party Change and the Democratic Evolution of Taiwan, 1991-2004. Taylor & Francis. p. 49. ... however the ability of the more social democratic New Tide and Welfare State Factions to maintain and increase their power within the party have helped to keep welfare on the DPP's platform.
  3. ^ 吳如萍; 月旦編譯中心 (1993). 台灣政壇明日之星: 影響台灣未來的45位菁英. 月旦出版社股份有限公司. p. 105.