National Socialism Association

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National Socialism Association 國家社會主義學會
Abbreviation	NSA
Founder	Hsu Na-chi
Co-founder	Chao Lahn
Founded	September 2006 (2006-09)
Headquarters	Taipei
Newspaper	National Socialism Biweekly
Membership (2007)	20
Ideology	Han ultranationalism Neo-Nazism Neo-fascism Anti-communism
Political position	Far-right
Religion	Confucianism
Slogan	"One People, One Country, One Leader"
Politics of Taiwan Political parties Elections

The National Socialism Association (NSA)^[I] is a far-right political organization founded in Taiwan in September 2006 by Hsu Na-chi, at the time a 22-year-old female political science graduate of Soochow University.

History[]

In an interview with Apple Daily on 10 March 2007, Hsu claimed that she started researching the organization's ideology while she was studying in university. She founded the NSA because she believed in Nazism and was unhappy with the constant political struggle between the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party. The organization was registered as a public organization under Taiwanese law in September 2006. The Taiwanese government indicated that the establishment and existence of the NSA are protected by the country's constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech and organization.

The NSA's first national meeting among members was held on 17 March 2007 in Taichung.

Membership[]

Initially, the NSA had 19 members. In March 2007, the NSA's official website claimed that the NSA had more than 760 members. After exposure in major media, the NSA claimed that membership had risen to over 1,400.^[1] However in 2007, the core membership remained at around 20.^[2]

Ideology[]

The NSA idolizes Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, adopting the Nazi salute and the slogans "One People, One Country, One Leader" (a reference to the Nazi slogan "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer") and "Long live Hitler". This has brought condemnation from various Jewish human rights groups, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who condemned the NSA on 13 March 2007 for championing Hitler and blaming democracy for Taiwan's "social unrest".^[3]

NSA co-founder Chao Lahn denied the group was racist or antisemitic, stating that their goal was "to foster greater nationalism in Taiwan" and "restore traditional Chinese values like Confucianism." Emile Sheng, a municipal official in Taipei, commented on the creation of the NSA, saying, "People here do not really understand what Nazism is. They are not really racist or antisemitic. They do not even know what it means."^[4]

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