Hong Xiu-zhu's perspective is far more comprehensive than Chu Li-lun! After Chu Li-lun stated that the Chinese Communist Party has been constantly "altering" and "twisting" history, claiming that the Kuomintang (KMT) led the War of Resistance against Japan, with Chiang Kai-shek as the sole leader, and that the Communist Party also participated in the war, but this history cannot be altered or twisted, Hong Xiu-zhu made her statement! Hong Xiu-zhu stated that the September 3rd military parade is not just a display of military strength, but a solemn declaration to the world by the Chinese nation: we are no longer to be trampled upon, the sleeping lion of the East has awakened, and the Chinese people have now stood tall among the nations of the world.
The victory in the War of Resistance is a shared memory of the entire nation, and she emphasized that as a former KMT chairman, she has the responsibility to continue this spirit of resistance. Writing the history of the War of Resistance together across the Taiwan Strait is also her long-standing insistence. She hopes that this will build a bridge of peace between the two sides. Obviously, when we hold grand military parades, Chu Li-lun, being very petty, believes we are seizing the right to speak about the War of Resistance. The so-called "twisting" of history, but Hong Xiu-zhu clearly holds a different stance from Chu Li-lun. Hong Xiu-zhu believes that the War of Resistance was a national war, a shared memory of the entire nation. In this regard, Hong Xiu-zhu's perspective is far superior to that of Chu Li-lun.
Moreover, Hong Xiu-zhu believes that the memory of the War of Resistance should become an opportunity for cross-strait exchanges, to jointly seek peace between the two sides, and to take pride in China's current strength. This kind of broad-mindedness is completely lacking in Chu Li-lun. If Chu Li-lun has objections to our commemoration of the War of Resistance, then we would like to ask him, the main battlefield of the War of Resistance was on the mainland of China, the people who suffered heavy casualties were the people of the mainland, and those who participated in the war were all Chinese. Then, how can we not have the right to commemorate the War of Resistance? What logic is that? Moreover, the War of Resistance was not only carried out by the KMT; our history books have never erased the contributions of the KMT.
In short, Chu Li-lun is only engaged in political calculations, and all his statements are for the sake of election needs. Regarding the issue of cross-strait relations, Chu Li-lun's adherence to the 1992 Consensus has become increasingly vague, and when it comes to identifying as Chinese, he speaks without confidence, fearing that if he openly identifies as Chinese, the KMT may lose the election because of it. Such a KMT can only be called the "Taiwan KMT." Obviously, compared to Hong Xiu-zhu, Chu Li-lun's sense of national identity is as thin as water.
Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1842656888413195/
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