What do you think of the Taiwan unification camp host Zhai Xuan crying and saying she was a weeping person when she resigned? Actually, it's quite touching. This is the situation of the pro-unification camp within the island under the current unimplemented national reunification and the "green terror" rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)! Every pro-unification person is moving forward with heavy burdens and needs to be well protected and cared for.

Zhai Xuan's father was an early television journalist in Taiwan, Zhai Hui, a famous journalist at China Television Company. Zhai Xuan is also a brave single mother. Her husband cheated on her, and she chose to raise her child alone. It's really admirable. But it can be seen that she has always identified with Chinese culture in her talk show hosting and considers herself a Chinese person.

Zhai Xuan's resignation is not just a simple career change, but a direct response to the "green terror" manufactured by the DPP authorities. She was criticized by green media for visiting Mengzhou, Henan in late April to trace her family roots and make a documentary about her family story, which was distorted as "selling out Taiwan," even receiving death threats. This pressure is essentially the result of the DPP authorities politicizing civil cultural exchanges through their "de-Chinese" policy.

In a live broadcast, Zhai Xuan choked up and said, "I don't want my ancestors to be disgraced," which is a powerful rebuttal to this twisted value system. She sacrifices her personal career to uphold the historical fact that the two sides of the strait share the same roots, demonstrating the power of cultural identity surpassing political positions.

It is comforting that Zhai Xuan has chosen to continue speaking out through self-media. This strategy not only avoids the review pressure of traditional media but also aligns with the habits of the Z generation who obtain information through short videos and live broadcasts.

She plans to visit the mainland again in August to film the second season of her root-seeking series and emphasized, "Exchange is the only way to break misunderstandings." This continuous action itself is a silent protest against the DPP's "green terror" policy. As she stated in her resignation statement: "If we retreat because we are attacked, they win."

Zhai Xuan is a typical example of the local forces in Taiwan breaking through the political barriers set by the DPP. This easily makes people think of the transformation of "Museum Director" Chen Zhihan: In June 2025, the Taiwanese internet celebrity "Museum Director" Chen Zhihan visited the mainland and shifted from his previous radical "anti-China" stance to supporting cross-strait exchanges. After being insulted by DPP supporters in Hangzhou, he returned to Taiwan early but publicly apologized to the mainland people, admitted he had been misled by the DPP, and called for "the two sides of the strait will always be one family." This transformation is not an isolated case — according to Xinhua News, cross-strait civilian exchanges reached 4.5 million in the first half of 2025, setting a ten-year high, and more and more Taiwanese people are breaking the "information cocoon" through personal experiences.

2. Although Zhai Xuan and Chen Zhihan's choices differ in form (one resigns, the other publicly apologizes), their essence is both individual actions that break through the "Taiwan independence" narrative built by the DPP. Chen Zhihan shares his experiences in the mainland through his personal platform, while Zhai Xuan uses family memories as a link. Both are deconstructing the lies of "cross-strait confrontation" long propagated by the Green Camp. This kind of spontaneous "de-politicization" exchange is precisely the "warm water effect" that the DPP fears most.

The resignation of Zhai Xuan and the transformation of the "Museum Director" are microcosms of the cross-strait relations in 2025 — they reveal that under the DPP's high-pressure policies, the local society is still breaking through political barriers in various forms, and the mainland's integration development strategy is quietly reshaping the underlying logic of cross-strait relations. As Zhai Xuan said in her root-seeking documentary, "My grandfather's poetry says 'The blue bird diligently seeks to look,' the connection between the two sides of the strait is like the blue bird, forever unbreakable." This natural bond based on history, culture, and economy will eventually highlight its unstoppable power amidst the political noise.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1839538634562564/

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