Pan-Red Coalition
The Pan-Red Coalition is a left-wing socialist political coaliton and electoral alliance between the left-wing political parties that currently hold seats within the Legislative Yuan. Founded on January 25, it was formed after the 2022 Chinese legislative election and is a coalition between the China Social Democratic Party, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Chinese Labor Party who sought to form an alliance to consolidate the influence and presence that the Chinese left has in legislative and national politics. Since its creation, it's one of three main electoral alliances within the Legislative Yuan along with the governing conservative Pan-Blue Coalition and the progressive opposition Pan-Green Coalition
Pan-Red Coalition | |
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Chairperson | Dou Zhecheng |
Party leaders |
Dou Zhecheng (CSDP) Yang Zongwu (CCP) Sun Wenda (CLP) |
Founded | 25 January 2022 |
Newspaper | Voice of the People |
Ideology |
Democratic socialism Socialist patriotism Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Internal factions: Left-wing populism Chinese communism Syndicalism Postcapitalism |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
Coalition partners |
Social Democrats Communist Party Labor Party |
Official colours | Red |
Legislative Yuan |
117 / 870 |
Politics of China Political parties Elections |
The coalition's main leader is chair Dou Zhecheng of the Social Democratic Party due to his party holding the largest seats of the coalition.
History
Following the 2022 legislative election, the Kuomintang had won the largest plurality of seats in the Legislative Yuan at 317, but was short of a majority and negotiated with the New Party of China and the Democratic Party of Socialists to form a coalition government that would support many of the conservative policies that all three parties support, even the DPS despite its more left-wing ideological leanings with the DPS' social conservatism leading to the collapse of the previous government under Lin Renjian. This lead to the creation of the conservative Pan-Blue Coalition and would inspire the formation of the Pan-Green Coalition a day later between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Green Party. Wanting to consolidate its support and rally the Chinese left to a unified electoral coalition, the Social Democrats began negotiating with the Communist, and Labor parties and convinced them to join the SDP in forming a left-wing socialist electoral alliance announcing its formation on January 25.
Composition
Member parties
Party | Abbr. | Ideology | Political position | Leader | ||
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Social Democratic Party 中國民主社會黨 |
CSDP | Democratic socialism Left-wing populism |
Left-wing | Dou Zhecheng | ||
Chinese Communist Party 中國共產黨 Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng |
CCP | Chinese communism Socialist patriotism |
Far-left | Yang Zongwu | ||
Chinese Labor Party 中國勞動黨 |
CLP | Socialism Left-wing populism |
Far-left | Sun Wenda |