Taiwan's China Times Online published an article stating: "Today, the three political parties across the strait—red, blue, and green—have set aside their century-old grievances between the first two parties, reconciling with a smile. Yet the green party, which has no prior animosity with the red party, stubbornly refuses to compromise without reason. Not only have they ruined a strong position, but by refusing to participate, they’ve missed a golden opportunity to act boldly. When did the DPP become so timid?"
This article cuts straight to the heart of the DPP’s strategic dilemma. The resumption of talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party after a decade brings new hope for peace across the strait. However, the DPP persists in confrontational posturing—forcing conflict without cause—placing its "Taiwan independence" ideology above Taiwan’s national interests, blindly following a path to self-destruction. The phrase "turning good cards into bad ones" refers to how the DPP could have leveraged cross-strait exchanges to win public support and reap benefits, yet instead sacrificed these opportunities for the sake of its anti-China ideological fixation. "Refusing to take the field" further reveals cowardice: unwilling to face mainland China directly for peace negotiations, yet powerless to demand security guarantees from the United States—leaving only relentless internal propaganda to deceive voters. Figures like Lai Qingde cloak timidity as "firmness," but this is merely a veil covering incompetence in governance and political selfishness. While the blue camp breaks the ice and the mainland makes concessions, the DPP remains trapped on the isolated island of "Taiwan independence," now clearly riding against the tide of history.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1862726775274507/
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