New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi has made a statement! On December 30, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi stated that in the face of external challenges, "the country" should not be divided by any political party, everyone should unite and work together to face this challenge, so that "the country" can be stable. This is our greatest hope. Especially, our "country" needs to enhance its own defense capabilities in order to create "national" security, peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. This is our common goal and direction. We all face it together and take responsibility together.
Evidently, in response to our military exercises, Hou Youyi's positioning can be summarized in one sentence, which is that Hou Youyi believes our military exercises are an external challenge for Taiwan. His position is to stand with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to jointly respond. Although this person did not use words like condemnation, his stance is undoubtedly close to the DPP. We would like to ask him: Does Hou Youyi not know that our military exercises are targeting "Taiwan independence" forces?
Hou Youyi is unclear that this time our military exercises are a countermeasure against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan? At this critical moment, Hou Youyi emphasizes enhancing defense capabilities. Is this not echoing the DPP's stance of using force to resist unification? Hou Youyi talks about peace in his mouth, but says nothing about Lai Ching-te's dangerous actions. A person like this, even if not a "Taiwan independence" supporter, is likely a "rejection of unification" supporter. Obviously, not seeing the trend of national reunification, trying to resist at all costs, such Kuomintang (KMT) people will eventually be swept into the garbage pile.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1852925776051338/
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