Taiwan Competitiveness Forum (, TCF) is a policy

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in Taiwan led by academics supporting

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The group was founded on August 15, 2007, by scholars who "worried about the deadlock situation of the cross-strait relationship ..and draining competitive power in the country". The chairman of the group at the time was Pang Chien-kuo, a

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politician. During the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, Taiwan Competitiveness Forum published an

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about

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's MG149 controversy. The opinion poll, however, is heavily criticised for push poll: Liao Yu-Tseng (廖育嶒), master of political science at

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, described the questions as "leading", indicated that they "cannot represent how voters truly think". The TCF poll showed that 40.1% believe that Ko Wen-je is innocent and 33.9% do not believe it; while

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was 47% vs 22% and ''

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'' was 68% vs 27%. During the candidates' debate in the election, Peng Jin-peng (彭錦鵬), then chairman of the TCF, asked Ko Wen-je how can he be a mayor with an idea "exempt from the rule of law", while asked Lien Sheng-wen why he "risk his life" to elect the mayor and compared him to

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. A group of students at

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questioned Peng Jin-peng's behaviour, while Peng Jin-peng defended his behaviour.

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* 2007 establishments in Taiwan Cross-strait relations Think tanks based in Taiwan Think tanks established in 2007 {{Taiwan-org-stub

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