Lee Ying-yuan (
The group is composed of pan-green camp supporters residing in northern California.
The activity in San Francisco is expected to kick off a DPP overseas campaign for Chen's bid for re-election in March next year.
With the presidential election just months away, heavyweights from the pan-green camp, as well as those from the pan-blue alliance, are expected to converge in cities in California such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In addition to Lee from the DPP, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
Overseas Chinese in northern California have always been concerned about political developments in Taiwan.
In every presidential election they have donated generously and organized groups to return to Taiwan to campaign for their favorite candidates.
Lee, who served as former deputy representative to the US, has visited San Francisco several times.
He is expected to attend the DPP solidarity alliance ceremony. He is also scheduled to join Tsai Ming-hsien, current deputy ROC representative to the US, to speak on the topics of the presidential election and Taiwan-US relations at a summer camp for Taiwanese on the US west coast.
DPP sources in San Francisco confirmed that a group of some 200 people will be organized to return to Taiwan to campaign for Chen during the presidential election next year.
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