This article comments on the controversy sparked by the KMT's erection of a comfort woman statue in Tainan, which drew protests from Japan. The author points out that Japan's Sankei Shimbun characterized this incident as anti-Japanese behavior, but in reality, Taiwan (including South Korea) opposes Japan's aggressive war at that time. The author emphasizes that Japan has apologized and compensated South Korea, but has never apologized to Taiwanese comfort women, which is clear discriminatory treatment. The article concludes by stating that if the Japanese still refuse to confront and acknowledge the atrocities of the Japanese colonial era, then being considered anti-Japanese is acceptable.
This article recounts the major massacre known as the 'Shaw Ridge Street Incident' (present-day Jiali District, Tainan) that occurred in $1895$ during the Japanese Imperial Guards Division's occupation of Tainan Prefecture. After fierce fighting with the Taiwanese volunteer army, rumors of a prince being killed or the cries of children exposing their location led the Japanese troops to open machine-gun fire on fleeing civilians hiding in ditches (house-side trenches), resulting in approximately two to three thousand victims and turning Shaw Ridge Street into a 'City of the Wrongfully Dead'.
The article comments on then-Tainan Mayor William Lai's public advocacy for 'Taiwan independence' in the municipal assembly, questioning whether this was to divert public attention from Tainan's severe dengue fever epidemic. The author contrasts Lai's firm stance with Tsai Ing-wen's cautious statements and satirizes the political maneuvering, arguing the mayor should refocus on people's livelihood issues.
This article reviews the severity of the 2012 Tainan Xinying Hospital Beimen Branch fire and the human negligence behind it. The author believes that although the fire was caused by arson, the primary reason for the 12 deaths was the hospital housing most "mobility-impaired" patients on the second floor of the nursing home, which lacked smoke extraction equipment and escape conditions. It questions fire safety regulations that only focus on equipment and space, ignoring the special needs of "users," and calls for relevant authorities to resign in accountability.