Stand up to CCP proxies
On Sunday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi — out of fear of being recalled — held a political briefing at Hualien County’s Zhongzheng Stadium. There, retired teacher Yeh Chun-lien (葉春蓮), a recipient of the National Teachers’ Award, pointed directly at Fu and accused him of colluding with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Yeh — nearly 80 years old — was forcibly removed from the venue. Outside the stadium, the elderly woman said: “No one has the right to grab my neck like that. Now, it is clear that Fu is collaborating with those bandits. If Taiwan were to be taken over by the CCP, I could not go on living for even one day.”
Fu openly and brazenly collaborates with the CCP. Yeh spoke out and — despite the CCP having not yet invaded — Fu put on a ferocious face and openly suppressed freedom of speech. This behavior shows that he is nothing but a cheap copy of the CCP’s one-party state.
The CCP recently held a meeting to discuss its Taiwan-related work, at which Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning (王滬寧) said that the “one China” principle and so-called “1992 consensus” must be upheld, pro-unification forces in Taiwan must be strongly supported, and they must work to resolutely crack down on provocations of Taiwanese independence to shape the inevitable trend of unification with the “motherland.”
Are these “pro-unification forces” Wang speaks of precisely those like Fu, who bows down to Wang and collaborates with the CCP?
The CCP aims for military unification with Taiwan, threatening to take it with no living soul surviving or sending Taiwanese to re-education camps, as well as touting that “Taiwan independence is a dead-end.”
Last week, the Chinese military even openly taunted Taiwan, saying: “We will take you sooner or later.”
If the CCP invades, it would destroy human rights in Taiwan — so it is guaranteed that Taiwanese “could not go on living for even one more day.”
If someone like Yeh — a retired teacher approaching 80 years old — is willing to take such a risk, then Taiwanese have no choice but to stand up.
Everyone must use all of their power to support the recall of Fu and other legislators under the CCP’s control — the “pro-unification forces” — to save Taiwan.
Tsai Min-hsiung
Taichung
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