Reference News Network, September 8 report: According to the "China Times News" in Taiwan, on September 6, a British journalist from a news media outlet, Y Yongqing, resigned and returned to the UK in July. On September 1, he published an article online, revealing the inside story of the "large-scale recall." The last straw that broke his back was that he and his family became targets of attacks by some extremists. He emphasized, "I don't think Taiwan is heading in the right direction."
According to the report, Y Yongqing stated that although the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not have a majority in the "legislative body" in Taiwan, Lai Ching-te did not attempt to work with the opposition parties to form the leadership of the administrative authority. His core allies had already been discussing the "large-scale recall," and were about to formalize this concept under the name of so-called "civil groups," distancing themselves from the DPP.
Y Yongqing questioned how this "no relation to the DPP" illusion was completely accepted by the majority of the pro-DPP commentariat in Taiwan. How many of these so-called "civil groups" were actually DPP voters or even DPP members?
He pointed out that the "large-scale recall" was accompanied by another disturbing development: the deliberate targeting and suppression of mainland Chinese spouses in Taiwan. From elected politicians to "pro-China" internet celebrities, even ordinary residents, the DPP authorities launched a series of actions against them, without introducing any new laws. Two main activists who participated in and supported the recall were even studying Nazism and using similar symbols.
Y Yongqing accused that the last straw that broke him was that he and his family became targets of attacks by some extremists. The reason seemed to be only because his content did not fully conform to the narrative of the DPP authorities.
While trying to maintain journalistic professionalism, he could not allow all this to affect himself and his family. This pressure eventually became an unbearable burden. He said, "I don't think Taiwan is heading in the right direction."
The report said that Yan Zhensheng, a concurrent researcher at the Center for International Relations at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, said on the 6th: "Foreign media has always believed the DPP's big propaganda, thinking that the 'large-scale recall' would win, but they got a slap in the face."
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