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were regarded as prominent Hakkas backing the 2000 presidential campaign of James Soong. However, after

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left Soong's People First Party in November 2004, weeks before

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were to take place, speculation that Fu would look to endorse candidates affiliated with the

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arose. During the 2005 magisterial election in Miaoli, Fu supported the DPP candidate Chiu Bing-kun because Chiu was Hakka. For the

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cycle, Fu backed Soong again, and was placed on the People First Party list for the concurrent legislative election. During the

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cycle, Soong visited Fu at his Gongguan Township residence and Fu commended Soong's tenure as governor of Taiwan Province.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Hsueh-peng Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Living people 1951 births 21st-century Taiwanese politicians 20th-century Taiwanese politicians People First Party (Taiwan) politicians Magistrates of Miaoli County