Two days before the Taiwan referendum, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China asked Taiwan’s democracy yesterday (December 15) and criticized the referendum as a political scam by the Taiwan government. The Taiwan government responded today that the CCP’s release of this statement on the eve of the Fourth Referendum was intended to influence the popular vote in Taiwan and divorce the relationship between Taiwan and the United States. Some reports analyze that the CCP’s information war against Taiwan is obvious, with the purpose of using the Taiwan referendum to create public suspicion and hatred of the United States. Experts pointed out that the CCP is afraid that the Chinese people will also demand the right of the people of Taiwan to be the masters of the country. It will definitely focus its efforts on publicizing the Taiwan referendum. The CCP’s greatest enemy is the United States, and it will certainly create “hatred of the United States” in Taiwan. Taiwan must be wary of not. Internal disputes, but the invasion of the red forces.
Taiwan will hold four referendums on Saturday (18th). People over 18 years of age will have the right to vote. People must bring their “three treasures”, including ID cards, voting notices, and seals, to vote. The Taiwan Election Committee announced on the 14th that the total number of voters in the national referendum was 19,825,468. According to the provisions of the referendum law, those who have validly agreed to more than 1/4 of the total number of voting rights are passed. Therefore, there must be at least 4,956,367 agreeing votes to pass the threshold.
Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China, said yesterday that the DPP authorities used their usual tactics to politically manipulate the four referendums for their own benefit. On the one hand, they colluded with pro-Taiwan politicians such as the United States and Japan to intimidate the people of Taiwan; on the other hand, they deliberately touched the mainland of China to create anti-Chinese populism.
DPP spokesperson Liu Kangyan stated in a press release today that the referendum is a demonstration of direct public opinion in Taiwan. The ruling party actively conveys stronger political value to Taiwan based on a responsible attitude to the people; China (the Communist Party) does everything it does. Sending the wrong message in an attempt to mislead the people of Taiwan in their judgment on the subject of the referendum.
Executive Yuan spokesperson Luo Bingcheng said today that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China stated that the referendum is a public issue in Taiwan, but it also raised 10 anti-democratic questions. This is obvious. If you want to interfere in the process of Taiwan’s referendum, the public must recognize that China (the Communist Party) is against Taiwan. Threats to democracy. He called on the referendum to involve energy transformation and international economic and trade arrangements, and hope that people over the age of 18 will vote and exercise their rights as masters of the country.
The questions of the four referendums are: “Do you agree to the four nuclear unsealing, commercial forwarding of electricity”, “Do you agree that the government should completely ban the import of pig meat containing clenbuterol (Ractopamine and other beta receptor hormones), Offal and related products?”, “Do you agree that within six months of the establishment of the referendum, if there is a national election during that period, the referendum shall be held on the same day as the election, provided that it meets the requirements of the referendum law? Held?” and “Do you agree that the third gas receiving station of CNPC will move away from the coast and sea area of Taoyuan’s Datan Algae Reef?”
Although the referendum is about choosing “policies” rather than “people,” the DPP and Kuomintang camps have all mobilized this time to elevate the propaganda to the “presidential” level. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party called for “the four disagree, Taiwan is more powerful.” The opposition Kuomintang, which put forward the referendum, promoted that “all four agree, and Taiwan is more beautiful,” just like a presidential election duel. The Kuomintang mayor of New Taipei City, Hou Youyi, did not follow the four disagreeing instructions of the Kuomintang Central Committee and put forward the idea of ”free will” decision, which caused heated discussion.
Incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen said: “This referendum is not a partisan dispute. It is to decide that we are now making considerable progress in the energy transition, power supply stability, global economic and trade layout, and democratic deepening policies. We should continue to move forward. Go forward, or stop?”
Former President Ma Ying-jeou “returned to the arena” went to the streets to canvass for votes. He fired on the Raizhu issue and said that some people said Ma Ying-jeou, you let the Mavericks in, why don’t you let the pigs in? But Taiwanese eat pigs 7 times as much as cows, and eat pig innards 34 times as much as cow innards. Of course it is different. Some people actually say that anti-Laibo pigs are sanctions against the United States, nonsense!
The four referendum issues involved a change in the positions of the two parties when the ruling parties were in opposition. The Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou sealed the fourth nuclear power plant during his tenure, but now he advocates restarting the fourth nuclear power plant. During Ma Ying-jeou’s tenure, he opened up the American cattle containing lysate. The Democratic Progressive Party, which was in the opposition, opposed it, but now his position has been reversed. The DPP’s Tsai Ing-wen government advocates that it has announced the opening of Laizhu and cannot lose its credibility. Both sides have offense and defense.
The Kuomintang Yilan County Mayor Lin Zimiao and New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi both stated that they did not support the resumption of Nuclear 4 because nuclear waste was difficult to dispose of. They were accused of “war criminals” by the Deep Blue ethnic group. Hou Youyi published a thousand-character “My Views on the Referendum” on Facebook and pointed out that once it turned into a duck-filled circle cross question, can’t there be other arguments? It was supposed to be a matter of discussing the matter one by one. How did it turn into a conflict between people and friends, or enemies, like elections and conflicts. Isn’t everyone tired? “The true meaning of the referendum is the demonstration of the people’s voluntary will.”
This referendum in Taiwan is the liveliest one in history. The results of the most-watched “anti-Laibo pig” referendum are seen as potentially affecting Taiwan’s international economic and trade status and future trade negotiations between Taiwan and the United States.
The IORG (IO Research Office), a non-governmental organization that specializes in the CCP’s information warfare against Taiwan, released the latest report and pointed out that the CCP’s involvement in or manipulation of information in the four referendums has been reported. The report lists eight information manipulations related to the referendum, seven of which are related to Laizhu.
IORG pointed out that the CCP is most concerned about the pig issue (pork containing Clenbuterol and ractopamine) because it is directly related to the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. Propagating health concerns to expand Taiwanese people’s distrust of the government.
IORG co-host You Zhixun told Radio Free Asia that the statements in the report included the CCP’s participation, and there were obvious deficiencies, and there was evidence to support them. Book fan special…We can provide evidence…Such discussions will be studied first.
In addition, the report also stated that since April this year, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media has been disseminating “the United States continues to gain benefits from Taiwan”, including “Even if Taiwan and the United States have bought pigs and weapons, they still can’t get a vaccine.” Anger: Laizhu has eaten it, and the 50 billion military purchase has been signed. What is the return?” In other news, the CCP has continuously cooperated to spread related claims, improperly linking cause and effect, and channeling Taiwanese people’s suspicion and hatred of the United States.
Li Kexin, co-editor of the US-Taiwan Observatory, who has long been concerned about US-Taiwan relations, told Radio Free Asia that these cases can be seen as a confrontation between the CCP and the US for the right to speak in the world.
Li Kexin said: “Regardless of whether it is aimed at Taiwan or the world, the message (the CCP) wants to convey is that the United States is a bad friend.” Said that the United States is a fake friend. From what happened to Laizhu, it can be seen that they (the CCP) may be deliberate, maybe their motive is to lower the trust of Taiwanese in the United States.”
In recent years, bilateral relations between the United States and Taiwan have heated up, and US politicians and congressmen have visited Taiwan successively. Li Kexin believes that even if U.S.-Taiwan relations turn cold, the CCP will still try to worsen U.S.-Taiwan relations through rhetoric and manipulation for strategic purposes and consideration of international status.
The Kuomintang, which raised the issue of the referendum this time, emphasized that the Kuomintang’s “against the pigs” referendum is an issue of people’s livelihood, health and safety, and has nothing to do with “anti-US”.
Gong Yujian, a Chinese dissident in exile in Taiwan, told Radio Free Asia that he often hears China’s broadcast messages from Taiwan, encouraging the people of Taiwan to vote for the “four consents,” so that Taiwan has a bright future. “(It’s exactly the same as what Lan Ying said). Otherwise, the CCP is the answer worm of the Lan Ying, or the Lan Ying is the answer worm of the CCP. What Mao Zedong said, we must support everything the enemy opposes, and we must support everything the enemy agrees with. No. According to this logic, the CCP wants me to vote for four agrees, and I definitely vote for four disagrees.”
Gong Yujian said that there are political parties behind the four disagrees or the four agrees. He agreed with the New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi’s point of “free will”: “If the people are asked to follow their own wishes, three disagrees or four disagrees or one disagree, vote with scientific viewpoints or with their own judgments! Don’t Influenced by the political party. On the contrary, this time Hou Youyi, as a member of the Kuomintang and as the head of the county and city in power, expressed this view. I think he is brave to take a step, at least there is a certain difference from the CCP’s broadcast views on Taiwan. “
Gong Yujian mentioned that the CCP’s broadcast propaganda war against Taiwan has many logical deficiencies. The previous program said that Tsai Ing-wen had caused popular resentment, and the next program said that Tsai Ing-wen had used the Internet army to deceive the people in Taiwan. If the cyber army can be used to deceive the common people, there will be no public resentment in Taiwan. The CCP may also lay the groundwork. If the result is beneficial to the Tsai government, it will say that she has used the cyber army; if it is not good, it will be said that Taiwan’s public opinion is true.
Chen Pokong, a Chinese current affairs commentator in the United States, told Radio Free Asia that the CCP is afraid that the Chinese people will also demand the right of the people of Taiwan to be the masters of the country. It will definitely focus on publicizing the Taiwanese referendum and vilify the Taiwan referendum as a farce, chaos, and stigma. Democratic system. In addition, the Chinese navy and cyber forces infiltrated to support Taiwan’s pro-communist agents, creating false information and dividing Taiwan. What Taiwan should be wary of is not internal disputes, but red forces invading.
Chen Pokong said: “The CCP is very clear about pulling the blue camp to fight the green camp, and the KMT to fight the DPP. The CCP will definitely hype the referendum into hatred of the United States. The CCP’s greatest enemy is the United States, but for the people of Taiwan, the greatest enemy is the United States. The friend happens to be the United States. Taiwanese people must see clearly which directions are common to the United States and Taiwan, and which ones are opposed to the United States and Taiwan but are in the interests of the CCP.”
Obviously, the issues of the four referendums in Taiwan are no longer purely internal affairs. In particular, the Laizhu issue involves the international political struggle between China and the United States. With the current clear confrontation between the authoritarian and democratic camps, Taiwan can deny the Qing CCP. The actions of information warfare will not be divided internally and externally, so that the development of democracy will be more solidly consolidated, and it will test the wisdom of the Taiwanese people. The result of the referendum has also visibly affected the direction of the tripartite relationship between China, the United States and Taiwan, and has attracted attention at home and abroad.
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