Taiwan Communist Party

The Taiwan Communist Party was a social-democratic political party in Taiwan. It was established on 20 June 2008 in Sinhua (Xinhua), Tainan[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

For the historical political party that existed from 1928 to 1931, see Taiwanese Communist Party.
Taiwan Communist Party

臺灣共產黨
LeaderWang Laoyang
Founded20 July 2008 (2008-07-20)[1]
Dissolved29 April 2020 (2020-04-29)[2]
IdeologySocial democracy[3]
Three Principles of the People[4]
Party flag
Taiwan Communist Party
Traditional Chinese臺灣共產黨 or
台灣共產黨
Simplified Chinese台湾共产党

Although the party includes "communist" in its name, Wang stated that he does not fully understand Marxism–Leninism and only chose the name because he thought it would attract more interest.[3] The party is nominally social-democratic,[3] and does not have subordinate relations with the Communist Party of China.[7]

See also

References
  1. "List of political parties" (in Chinese). Department of Civil Affairs, ROC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
  2. 政黨廢止備案名單 民國109/05/05
  3. 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.
  4. 中国历史上曾经还有十四个“共产党” (in Chinese)
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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