"The rumors began when China-based singer Huang An 黃安 referred on his SNS website to Tzuyu's alleged political role, based on footage from her appearances on Korean TV variety shows. He pointed out that Tzuyu waved Taiwan's national flag on MBC's "My Little Television" in November as she introduced herself as Taiwanese.
"He also mentioned she identified herself as Taiwanese on MBC Every1's 'Weekly Idol.'
The ja.wikipedia.org uses 正修奨学会 for Jung-Su Scholarship Foundation. But I fail to find out whether the foundation is government or civilian, or who "Jung-Su" is/was.
"The extraordinary aspect of all this [Tsai Ing-wen made her acceptance speech at her campaign headquarters] is that not one national flag could be seen among the tens of thousands of people packing the space outside the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) headquarters.
"In fact, as I was heading there from the headquarters of the incumbent party, the Kuomintang (KMT), my seasoned Taiwanese colleague advised me to ensure I was not openly carrying any flag souvenirs to the DPP rally.
"That is because the national flag contains the 'Blue Sky with a White Sun' emblem of the KMT — the political party of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek that shaped modern Taiwan but has just been booted from power after adopting a Beijing-friendly economic policy.
"For Tsai Ing-wen's DPP supporters, the flag and KMT have always been linked, and thus this symbol [ROC flag] of defiance of Communist-run China is itself highly contested among those who most staunchly seek independence.
"What were noticeable, among the thousands of supporters, were large [black] banners and an abundance of shirts advocating Taiwanese independence.
賴清德 is one of the few Taiwanese politicians, even in DPP, that publicly advocates Taiwan independence -- OK, he corrected the text day, saying declaration of independence was unnecessary, because Taiwan was already a nation.