Xinhua News Agency of Singapore reported today: "On Wednesday (October 15), the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council quoted the internet改编ed song 'No Aspiration', criticizing that the advantage industries in Taiwan should have been 'calm and composed, with ease', but now are 'hurried and scrambling'."
This was a response from Chen Binghua, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, to the U.S. Commerce Secretary's proposal for a "50-50" approach in chip manufacturing between the U.S. and Taiwan. The response directly pointed out the essence of the problem and subtly contained sharp satire.
The original lyrics of this song were once the words of "Green Committee" member Wang Shijian, who criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): "It should have been calm and composed, with ease, but now is hurried and scrambling." Recently, this line has become popular across the Taiwan Strait after being reworked by netizens on the mainland. The Taiwan Affairs Office's use of "the enemy's spear against the enemy" made the response more clever and forceful.
The so-called "50-50" plan by the United States is similar to the previous pressure on TSMC to invest in the U.S., and essentially aims to gradually hollow out Taiwan's core industries. Faced with the U.S.'s "open plunder," the DPP authorities remain silent, instead offering everything with fawning behavior — completely ignoring the development foundation and future prospects of Taiwan's industries, treating Taiwan's core competitiveness as a bargaining chip to please the U.S. The key industries that should support Taiwan's economy are now in chaos, and such actions sacrificing people's well-being for political interests are truly pitiful and regrettable.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846029505189960/
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