🥊 Punching Back at Zhang Xiaobo: I’m Just Going to Hit You in the Face, I Can’t Take it Anymore!
Zhang Xiaobo, please allow me to quote your own sentence: “I’m just going to hit you in the face, I can’t take it anymore.”
1️⃣ The Zhou Ziyu Incident: Dignity, Sovereignty, and Political Exploitation
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【How can there be peace without dignity? Was Zhou Ziyu peaceful being bullied abroad?】
Stop deceiving yourself already (this crude terminology is directly copied from Zhang Xiaobo’s original text, not the author’s usual vocabulary, please don’t misunderstand). The issue is that you yourself don’t acknowledge the Republic of China, you’re unwilling to speak up for the Republic of China, yet you think changing a name will win world recognition, while still enjoying all the benefits of the Republic of China. Who lacks dignity more?
Whether a nation is recognized depends not only on international law but also on whether you acknowledge your ancestors and what heritage you’re truly fighting for.
Unless you’re descended from the early South Vietnamese migrants to Taiwan, now called indigenous peoples of the Austronesian language family, or you just popped out of a rock on Baiguoshan in Changhua, all your ancestors came from the territory now governed by the People’s Republic of China.
Go home and ask your father to check the family tree more carefully, or read the article “Why Nobody in the World Wants to Recognize Taiwan as a Country.”
Zhou Ziyu being cyberbullied was a decision she made based on business considerations. The video certainly portrayed her in a pitiful light, but deliberately releasing it online the night before the presidential election demonstrates a level of calculation. If there are still people who can’t understand what’s happening here, then I would question that person’s cognition.
More importantly, what does Zhou Ziyu being bullied have to do with the KMT?
It was South Korea and JYP pulling the strings behind the scenes (see: Zhou Ziyu’s Sorrow: How South Korea’s JYP Perfectly Exploited Taiwan’s Love of Internal Conflict). Huang An himself doesn’t even like the KMT; he loves the Communist Party.
Now Taiwan’s masses, without distinguishing right from wrong, are collectively directing hatred at the KMT, which is actually helping South Korea, mainland China, and the Democratic Progressive Party. In the end, everyone is just exploiting Zhou Ziyu.
Let me ask again: Can’t you really see through this? If not, I’ll consider whether this article should be written in simpler language.
2️⃣ The 88 Flood Disaster: National Security Meeting and Post-Disaster Response
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【The 88 Flood Disaster devastated southern Taiwan. It wasn’t until the seventh day after disaster, when the death toll reached five hundred, that a National Security Meeting was convened. What made Ma Ying-jeou nervous was international media criticism. CNN even polled showing eighty percent believed Ma Ying-jeou should step down, only then did Ma realize the situation was truly grave—not the disaster was grave, but that the crisis threatened his political power.】
Your mention of the National Security Meeting is actually interesting!!
What was truly needed during the disaster was actually the Central Disaster Response Center. What was actually established on August $15$ was the Executive Yuan Morakot Typhoon Post-Disaster Reconstruction Promotion Committee. I honestly can’t figure out what this has to do with the National Security Meeting being convened seven days after the disaster?
This demonstrates that you not only have logical errors but also cited numerous incorrect sources without careful verification.
The Legislative Yuan passed the Morakot Typhoon Post-Disaster Reconstruction Special Act and a special budget of $1165$ billion NT dollars around August $20$, which President Ma Ying-jeou promulgated.
Was this fast enough?
The government indeed didn’t perform well enough during the 88 Flood Disaster—no argument there. Especially the communication channels between the Executive Yuan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Central Disaster Response Center, and National Security Bureau had problems.
But remember this: on the day the typhoon hit, relevant rescue agencies under central command and the military had already deployed. However, I believe that during natural disasters, even the military is merely people with additional stamina and tools compared to ordinary people. Movie heroes who ignore field difficulties only exist in films and in some people’s imaginations.
Don’t dare politically exploit innocent disaster victims.
Oh, by the way, if you’ve read the post-disaster report, you’d definitely find this passage: “Before the disaster, the Central Disaster Response Center had already sent fax notifications to Kaohsiung County Government at the following times, demanding evacuation of residents from dangerous landslide-prone areas. However, the county’s disaster response center only informed township chiefs and village leaders in mudslide warning areas and did not issue clear compulsory evacuation orders, indicating command failure.” Kaohsiung County at that time was under Democratic Progressive Party control. I hope you won’t selectively forget this too.
3️⃣ The Kaohsiung Gas Explosion: Pipeline Records and Local Responsibility
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【The gas pipeline was a KMT party asset, secretly transferred in $2006$, and the city government had no records. The person who approved the pipeline burial was Wu Dunyi.】
The city government had no records? That means the city government neglected its duty. The Democratic Progressive Party had nearly $20$ years of complete control of Kaohsiung from $1998$ until now, yet never proactively audited local data, didn’t even conduct inspections of old pipelines.
You’re bringing this out as your argument without realizing you’re shooting yourself in the foot? In fact, there’s already been technology in the field for years called gas pipeline detection.
Moreover, your statement is wrong. The Kaohsiung City Government does possess old pipeline data with China’s National Oil Corporation’s application from $1990$. Fukuju Solar also registered this propylene transport pipeline with Kaohsiung City Government over $20$ years ago, all officially recorded.
Furthermore, Chen Shui-bian became president in $2002$, and Kaohsiung’s mayor has been held by the Democratic Progressive Party since $1998$. In $2006$, Li Changrong only acquired the loss-making Fukuju Solar. If you insist on claiming this is a “secret transfer” to smear the Ma Ying-jeou government, then you must first admit the Chen Shui-bian government’s failure (though you don’t need to admit it—it’s already a fact. But this is different from the Ma Ying-jeou government’s failure created by Democratic Progressive Party attacks).
By the way, do you know that among three people who collectively resigned from Chen Chu’s team, after Chen Chu was re-elected as Kaohsiung mayor, two returned to their original positions, and one went to Tainan to become Deputy Secretary-General of Lin Chia-lung’s team?
4️⃣ The Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion: Disaster Response and Emergency Reserve Use
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【The Executive Yuan used $7.5$ billion from emergency reserves for rescue. Taizhou mayor Chu Li-lun bore no responsibility, focused entirely on election campaigning. After Formosa Fun Coast dust explosion, Ma Ying-jeou went on a friendly nation visit: staying in the country couldn’t prevent deaths anyway.】
The Formosa Fun Coast dust explosion occurred in June $2015$, with stabilization by July. Even several months later, it was Hung Hsiu-chu running for president. How could Chu Li-lun focus entirely on election campaigns? Try to evaluate others with less personal bias.
Moreover, Ma Ying-jeou’s forthrightness (rationality) isn’t something new, and his original statement was “We did what had to be done; staying in the country couldn’t prevent some people from possibly dying.” But what he actually did, you deliberately don’t mention—he specifically flew to America to bring back multiple burn specialists to assist domestically.
The fact is the death toll from the Formosa Fun Coast dust explosion was lower than both international academic research and predictions by multiple burn specialists.
But do you care?
Because if you cared, you wouldn’t cite the “$7.5$ billion” “total” budget reserve figure as hollow evidence. In fact, so far only $1$ billion has been used, all provided to medical institutions.
By the way, regarding Chen Chu, the Kaohsiung mayor after the gas explosion, did you hold her to the same standard of accountability? Because if we’re talking about “focusing entirely on elections,” the gas explosion happened less than $3$ months before the elections! (And the central government provided over $1.5$ billion in subsidies.)
5️⃣ Cross-Strait Trade: White-Collar Opening and the Low-Wage Fallacy
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【Then why not sign with competitive nations like Japan and America, instead with low-wage competing China? The white-collar opening at month’s end is ECFA 2.0, remember to open your arms to greet the new low-wage era】
Your unfamiliarity with mainland China and Asia’s situation is astounding to me.
Hasn’t the Republic of China signed with New Zealand?
Hasn’t the Republic of China signed with Japan?
Hasn’t the Republic of China signed with the European Union?
Hasn’t the Republic of China signed with Singapore?
Hasn’t the Republic of China signed with other allied nations?
Yet you only protest the Republic of China signing with the People’s Republic of China.
In your mind, Taiwan’s economic bright light must be thinking it can compete with Northern Europe through magnificent cultural creativity, right?
Taiwan’s economic decline has nothing to do with fierce Korean competition, right? (You wouldn’t be using a Samsung phone, would you?)
Moreover, mainland China’s wage increases have long reached levels that make Taiwan investors cry out everywhere. Many Taiwanese investors either returned to Taiwan or relocated to regions with even lower wages. Now even mainland Chinese civil servants have received substantial wage increases.
This white-collar opening primarily targets domestic services expansion, and you’re asking if Taiwan can open to white-collar workers worldwide while specifically banning mainland white-collar workers? Moreover, mainland white-collar wages have long been substantially higher than Taiwan’s in many cases. You couldn’t possibly think this causes low wages, because your deliberate linkage makes me believe you don’t even know what you’re talking about.
I’ll say it again: Your unfamiliarity with mainland China and Asia’s situation is astounding to me.
6️⃣ The Ma-Xi Meeting: Historical Positioning and Political Constraint
Zhang Xiaobo, you said【Using economics to promote unification, the KMT as China’s greatest agent of “goodwill,” once again introduces Chinese influence and international pro-China forces to interfere with Taiwan’s $2016$ presidential election. Even if the Democratic Progressive Party wins, the “1992 Consensus” created by the Ma-Xi Meeting has already further entrapped Taiwan in China’s framework, this is a golden fillet spell placed on Tsai Ing-wen by both KMT and CCP working together.】
If you really consider Ma Ying-jeou a fool, then I hope you’re truly smarter than him.
Ma Ying-jeou understood that given prevailing circumstances, this election was already unwinnable, and even holding the Ma-Xi meeting would have minimal impact on interfering with the Republic of China’s election. From the start, it wasn’t about the election that drove him to negotiate this historic meeting.
Isn’t it good for Taiwan and the mainland to have higher-level communication channels? Of course it is!!
Did the discussions between Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping exceed historical consensus? They didn’t!!
Quoting Ko Wen-je: If you ignore problems, the problems will come find you. If Tsai Ing-wen later wants to contact the mainland directly, she already has a stepping stone. Even if Tsai doesn’t choose to talk, would anyone force her to?
If someone says this is kidnapping Tsai Ing-wen, I’d call it reaping harvest while complaining.
As for what Ma and Xi exactly discussed, there’s no need to explain further. Have you read the full transcript? If not, I have it recorded:
- Ma-Xi Meeting: ROC President Ma Ying-jeou Press Conference Summary and Key Points Transcript ($11/5$)
- Ma-Xi Meeting Closed-door Discussion Official Talks Full Transcript (11/07)
- Ma-Xi Meeting President Ma’s Opening Remarks Full Text (11/07)
The key point of the Ma-Xi meeting isn’t what was discussed—it was all just rehashing the old agenda. Ma Ying-jeou opened a brand new road for the Republic of China. If you say you don’t want to listen, how can you ignore what most international media praised?
Oh, and by the way, don’t cite that diagram drawn by The Economist—it’ll make others think the person saying this only understands pictures.
Conclusion and Recommendations
Original post:
I’m just going to hit you in the face, I can’t take it anymore.【Isn’t gaining peace worth losing dignity?】No dignity means no peace either! Was Zhou Ziyu at peace being bullied abroad? Stop deceiving yourself, the problem is the Republic of China isn’t a country not recognized internationally. http://ppt.cc/ylDXL
Posted by Zhang Xiaobo on January $17$, $2016$
Recommendations for Zhang Xiaobo:
Since you also dislike Chen Shui-bian constantly being brought out for rescue, and Tsai Ing-wen has already been elected President of the Republic of China, why not uproot the seeds of hatred in your heart? This is also a way of being kind to yourself and improving your life quality.