Lai Pin-yu
Lai Pin-yu | |
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| 賴品妤 | |
| File:民進黨新北立委候選人賴品妤(cropped).jpg | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assuming office 1 February 2020 | |
| Succeeding | Huang Kuo-chang |
| Constituency | New Taipei XII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1992 Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Parent |
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| Education | Bachelor's degree |
| Alma mater | National Taipei University |
| Profession | Politician, cosplayer |
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Lai Pin-yu (Chinese: 賴品妤; pinyin: Lài Pǐnyú) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member-elect of the Legislative Yuan, as well as a cosplayer.
Education and early activism career
Lai obtained her bachelor's degree in law from National Taipei University in 2013.[1] After the appearance of the white shirt army movement and the anti-media monopoly movement in 2012 caused by the death of Hung Chung-chiu, Lai began to participate in many social movements in person.[2]
During Chen Deming's 26 November 2013 visit with Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation Lin Join-sane, more than 20 students from the Black Island Youth Front, dissatisfied with Chen's pressure on the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement, planned to hold a placard to protest near the foundation headquarters.[3] They immediately clashed with the police there; Lai was surrounded alongside two other female students by ten female police officers, and was dragged by the police all the way to the headquarters before letting go.[4] In an interview on the same day, she said that the effects of relative cheapness of Chinese labor and the easing of environmental laws will cause Taiwan's industry to stagnate the salary level of Taiwan's labor in comparison with mainland China.[5]。
Since Lai Pinyu is an anime fan herself and also likes selfies and cosplay, she recieved a lot of followers on Facebook.[6] In the demolition of the Huaguang community triggered by the Urban Planning Commission, Taipei City Government in December 2013, Lai Pinyu decided to combine the issue of destruction with cosplay, and cosplay as Rei Ayanami, a character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, in the hopes that the image work left by taking pictures of the architectural remains of the Huaguang community will attract more attention.[7] In January 2014, during the Taiwan high school curriculum fine-tuning controversy, she pointed out that in the new draft syllabus proposed by the Ministry of Education, only the 1943 Cairo Declaration is mentioned in the process of determining the status of international law, but it downplays the content of the Treaty of San Francisco and the Taiwan Relations Act enacted by the 96th United States Congress.[8]
Lai participated in Sunflower Student Movement in 2014 where she was arrested for blocking traffics with other protesters.[9]
Political career
Lai entered politics in September 2019 when she became a Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Legislative Yuan in the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election.[10] As a cosplayer, Lai was seen to dressed up as the Asuka Langley Soryu character from Japanese Neon Genesis Evangelion anime franchise and Sailor Mars from the Sailor Moon franchise in her campaign advertisement.[11][12] On 11 January 2020, Lai won the election to become the member of Legislative Yuan representing New Taipei City Constituency XII.[1]
References
- ^ a b Everington, Keoni (12 January 2020). "Taiwanese cosplay candidate, Sunflower Movement activist wins legislative seat". Taiwan News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "台灣抗議學生群體多為民進黨外圍分子" (in Traditional Chinese). 新浪. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ 艾然 (2014-03-28). "杨平："反服贸"学运是民进党操弄的结果" (in Simplified Chinese). 華廣網. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ 王立柔 (2013-11-26). "對陳德銘高喊反服貿 學生遭警察「鎖喉」" (in Traditional Chinese). 綠色和平電台. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ 張廷玉和陳金寶 (2013-11-26). "看見台灣 請陳德銘停止干涉台灣內政" (in Traditional Chinese). 《自立晚報》. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ 劉家綺和徐士庭 (2014-03-20). "服貿／抗議「嬌」點 甜美正妹是社運狂 剽悍抗警察沒在怕" (in Traditional Chinese). 三立新聞台. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "【獨家】22歲女大生 為民主做悍妞" (in Traditional Chinese). 《蘋果日報》. 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "高中歷史爭議課綱 教部定案" (in Traditional Chinese). 《台灣立報》. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ Kuo, Lily (10 January 2020). "'We need more dreams': Taiwan's 'Squad' rallies youth ahead of election". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Chi, Chang; Liu, Kuan-ting; Mazzetta, Matthew (12 January 2020). "2020 ELECTIONS / Young candidates, underdogs prevail in several legislative races". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Everington, Keoni (10 January 2020). "Photo of the Day: Cat ears, cosplay, death metal featured in Taiwan campaign ad". Taiwan News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Long, Cody (27 December 2019). "Taiwanese Politician Campaigned as Evangelion's Asuka". Nicchiban. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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