Cao Xingcheng, former chairman of UMC, held an international press conference on the restoration of nationality of the Republic of China at the Legislative Yuan.Photo: Zhang Liangyi / photo
Cao Xingcheng, the former chairman of UMC, at a press conference on the 1st, angrily denounced Zhongtian as a “bandit newspaper”, which caused a lot of repercussions and also caused many people to think about freedom of speech. In this regard, Akio Yaita, director of the Taipei branch of Japan’s “Sankei Shimbun”, said in a Facebook post that if everyone can speak freely in a peaceful environment, of course it is a very ideal state. However, if a hostile country has entered a state of war, or a quasi-war state, then, from the position of the hostile country, expressing opinions and attempting to influence domestic public opinion still fall within the scope of freedom of speech? It is a question that everyone needs to think about together.
Akio Yaita mentioned: “When there is a serious conflict between a democratic country and a non-democratic country, the non-democratic country will often take advantage of the freedom of speech of the democratic country to infiltrate and bring the wind direction to disturb the other party’s defense. This point, everyone must Be especially careful. For example, in Japan. This morning, a friend sent a poster of the Japanese leftists, calling on everyone to gather at Shiba Park in Tokyo on September 23 to jointly oppose the revision of the constitution by the Kishida cabinet, and called for a siege on September 27. Nippon Budokan, preventing the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe. The convener included several well-known leftists, including lawyers, writers, and lawmakers.”
Akio Yaita pointed out: “Of course they have freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but the words ‘The US government and the Japanese government will never be allowed to launch a war of aggression against China’ on the poster surprised me. Today’s Japan, It is a “herbivorous” country that can only call to protest even if 5 Chinese missiles fall into its own exclusive economic zone. Where can there be any attempt to launch a war of aggression against China? To paraphrase Cao Dong’s words, the poster The text is ‘The Great Achievement of Reversing Black and White Evil’. However, as long as someone says it, someone believes it. If someone mobilizes, someone participates.”
Akio Yaita continued: “I think there will be a lot of people gathering on the 23rd and 27th. As you might expect, these people are expressing their opinions from China’s standpoint. In their discussion, the Japanese government It is still the militarist government that often launched wars of aggression 80 years ago, and China is still an innocent victim of any foreign powers to divide. This may be the concept they have been asking for for many years, but it cannot be ruled out that they may benefit from doing so today. . As far as I know, many well-known leftists in Japan are guests of the Beijing authorities.”
Akio Yaita emphasized that in Japan, these leftists are free to say good things and lie for China at will. But in China, any pro-Japanese remarks are not allowed to appear in the media or even on the Internet. You can be arrested for walking down the street in a kimono without even talking. This huge information asymmetry has caused Japan to be constrained by public opinion in its diplomacy with China, and it is often at a disadvantage. In fact, Taiwan is the same. Those who praise the other side every day, criticize the lack of freedom under the DPP regime, and call themselves “Republic of China fans” will never dare to go to the other side with the flag of the Republic of China.
Cao Xingcheng, the former chairman of UMC, at a press conference on the 1st, angrily denounced Zhongtian as a “bandit newspaper”, which caused a lot of repercussions and also caused many people to think about freedom of speech. In this regard, Akio Yaita, director of the Taipei branch of Japan’s “Sankei Shimbun”, said in a Facebook post that if everyone can speak freely in a peaceful environment, of course it is a very ideal state. However, if a hostile country has entered a state of war, or a quasi-war state, then, from the position of the hostile country, expressing opinions and attempting to influence domestic public opinion still fall within the scope of freedom of speech? It is a question that everyone needs to think about together.
Akio Yaita emphasized that in Japan, these leftists are free to say good things and lie for China at will. But in China, any pro-Japanese remarks are not allowed to appear in the media or even on the Internet. You can be arrested for walking down the street in a kimono without even talking. This huge information asymmetry has caused Japan to be constrained by public opinion in its diplomacy with China, and it is often at a disadvantage. In fact, Taiwan is the same. Those who praise the other side every day, criticize the lack of freedom under the DPP regime, and call themselves “Republic of China fans” will never dare to go to the other side with the flag of the Republic of China.
Leftist groups in Japan called for a siege of Nippon Budokan on September 27 to prevent Shinzo Abe’s state funeral.Figure: Flip through Yaita Akio’s Facebook