Idiots, the Problem Isn't Pensions—It's Tsai Ing-wen
Commentary and political analysis on Taiwan's economic situation and the government's lack of reform policy.
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Commentary and political analysis on Taiwan's economic situation and the government's lack of reform policy.
Political commentary questioning Taiwan's blue-green divisiveness and media bias.
Commentary on Ko Wen-je's political positioning and his controversial statements about cross-strait relations.
Commentary on Lai Ching-te's first public schedule as Premier visiting temples instead of attending to policy matters.
The nation is founded on a constitution; governance is established through law. The constitution is the great pillar of the state—its weakness causes all strategies to collapse; politics is where people place their trust—disorder causes hearts to turn away. Today, observing the DPP government led by Lai Ching-te, using one party's private interests and one person's private ambitions, it acts arbitrarily outside constitutional restraint and transcends legal boundaries. The nation's constitutional framework increasingly totters, demanding our careful observation and open criticism.
In recent years, a disgusting phenomenon grows increasingly common in Taiwan's political circle: whenever DPP politicians answer questions they don't want answering on sensitive topics, the most common phrase hanging from their lips is 'I've said this many times' and 'check the official website yourself.'
As the Democratic Progressive Party disregards democratic election results and dismisses the voices of the majority of Taiwanese people by insisting on pushing through a major recall, the streets have suddenly been flooded with people claiming to be civic groups eroding public spaces and even turning business premises into breeding grounds for political activities.
A political defense of Chiang Kai-shek against the 'Transitional Justice' narrative, examining the actual historical evidence and the origins of modern opposition to his legacy.
Universities exist to explore the unknown for society so that the whole society can benefit in the long term. Therefore, the Constitution specifically grants universities greater protection of freedom than other sectors of society.
The successful recall of Taoyuan City Councilor Wang Hao-yu on January 16, 2021, has sparked anticipation for the upcoming recall of Huang Jie in Kaohsiung on February 16, and the subsequent recall of Chen Po-wei in Taichung. People are curious whether Chen Po-wei, who solemnly promised to treat everyone to fried chicken cutlets (chicken chops) if he were recalled, will actually follow through for the whole of Taiwan after these unfit politicians are successfully removed.
This article explores CM Kuan's views on Taiwan value and the broader implications for Taiwanese identity. The author examines the cultural and political dimensions of this ongoing debate.
This article satirically lists 10 daily behaviors related to Mainland China, warning that the Taiwanese public might be viewed by the government as 'Communist spies' or 'enemy collaborators.' It serves as a commentary on the Investigation Bureau's detention of New Party political workers and the accompanying legal controversies, questioning the undue expansion of public authority and the fairness of judicial procedures.
Following the DPP's Tsai Ing-wen winning the 2016 presidential election with 6.89 million votes, this article questions the post-election phenomenon of widespread criticism of the KMT's defeat reasons, arguing that many critics are motivated by hatred rather than fairness principles, and calls on voters to shift focus to monitoring the newly-elected DPP government rather than continuing to persecute the already-defeated KMT.
This article sharply satirizes a peculiar phenomenon in Taiwanese society: certain groups regard imprisonment counts as honor and achievement. The author names two major groups—the gangster organizations spread across Taiwan, and a specific political group nicknamed Mosaic. The author criticizes the fanaticism of the Mosaic party and its followers, arguing that the party uses experiences of being indicted or imprisoned to rally the masses, reinforce Taiwanese values, forming a bizarre phenomenon where being indicted is a bonus. The article mocks this behavior as the ultimate expression of thick-skinned, invincible under heaven.
This article returns to the core issues of the curriculum adjustment controversy, exploring the relationship between history, curricula, and politics. The author argues that since the national title is the Republic of China, history should naturally be written from the ROC perspective. He criticizes the narrow view of writing history solely from the perspective of the land of Taiwan as being driven by political agendas. The piece specifically supports the Ministry of Education's inclusion of 'forced' regarding comfort women, arguing that terms like 'forced' or 'sex slaves' should be used to restore the truth. It expresses concern over the blind following of social movements by the youth and the confusion over national identity, lamenting that Taiwan's national strength may decline as a result.
This article makes strong criticisms against the 2015 Taiwan curriculum adjustment controversy and the student movements it caused, questioning the legitimacy of students occupying the Ministry of Education and the incident of a dropout student's suicide. The author believes that making 'civil violence' a habit is trampling on democratic values, and criticizes movement participants for using suicide incidents to achieve political goals.
A political satire joke circulating online, with no names mentioned, mocks through a student 'Xiaoming' accused of cheating on exams, satirizing how certain politicians habitually use various defenses, obfuscation, deflection, moral coercion, and emotional appeals to ethnicly invoking historical grievances to evade responsibility when facing controversies. The article's ending hints that this evasive trait can actually lead to 'success' in politics.
Liu Lin-wei, the founder of Watchout (沃草), resigned from all positions due to major financial management errors during his tenure as the company's representative and CEO. This article expresses skepticism and disappointment regarding Watchout's explanation of 'financial management errors,' the lack of external auditor certification, and the use of the PR jargon 'reserving the right to legal prosecution.' It criticizes the operations of citizen groups.
This article uses a famous Chinese chess endgame puzzle called 'Zhenma Chess Position' to metaphorically interpret and analyze President Ma Ying-jeou's political crisis and complex situation at that time (2014). The author assigns political roles and positions to the red and black pieces on the board, analyzing the stalemate points and potential breakthrough keys. The red 'pawn' has crossed the river boundary, the red 'general' is trapped in the rear, the black 'king' and 'horse' are surrounded, and hope for victory lies with a peripheral 'bishop' waiting for opportunity—emphasizing how in what appears to be a passive situation, key peripheral pieces can determine victory.