On January 11, Pang Jianguo, a former public opinion representative of the Chinese Kuomintang and a professor at Taiwan Culture University, fell to his death in a shocked building. The news shocked the island up and down.
Pang Jianguo, as a close friend of former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou and a political star favored by Soong Chu-yu, chairman of the People First Party, has devoted himself to promoting in-depth cross-strait exchanges for many years. But he did not expect that Pang Jianguo, who was only 68 years old, fell to his home in Taipei's Neihu District and died. It is reported that at about four o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Pang Jianguo also left a message in a number of groups discussing cross-strait relations: "In an unjust and unjust Taiwan, I am better off alive than dead." Even in some groups, three messages were sent in a row, which is directly related to Pang Jianguo's choice to jump and end his life?
According to Taiwan media sources, it was learned from Hao Longbin, former vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang who has maintained close contact with Pang Jianguo recently, that Pang Jianguo has suffered from colorectal cancer in recent years, and the cancer cells have now spread to the lateral brain. Hao Longbin said sadly that two weeks ago, when he spoke to Pang Jianguo, his will to fight the disease was still very strong, but in view of the serious rift in Taiwanese society and the current situation of the Kuomintang, Pang Jianguo was deeply worried, perhaps this is one of the reasons why Pang Jianguo gave up continuing to fight the disease.
In addition, Xie Minghui, a former friend of Pang Jianguo and executive director of the "Taiwan Competitiveness Forum", analyzed that Taiwan society was controlled by "green terror", the situation of the Kuomintang against the Democratic Progressive Party was in decline, coupled with the torment of colorectal cancer, or the three main reasons why Pang Jianguo chose to live lightly. It can be said that Pang Jianguo's jump shook Taiwan's political arena.
Zhao Shaokang, chairman of "China Broadcasting", was distressed by pang Jianguo's sudden death, and Zhao Shaokang said that Pang Jianguo was an optimistic and assertive scholar rather than a melancholy person, and he must have been extremely disappointed to make this choice. Lai Shibao, a public opinion representative of the Kuomintang, also said that the 12-character last words left by Pang Jianguo spoke from the hearts of many people. Ye Yulan, a representative of the Kuomintang public opinion, sighed and said that Pang Jianguo's jump was "a death sentence is also a deep despair", and his dying words made people feel mixed feelings.
In fact, looking at Pang Jianguo's political career, calling for cross-strait peace and reunification can be said to have run through his entire political life. In September 2003, when Pang Jianguo participated in the Sixth "Beijing-Taiwan Science and Technology Forum", he strongly advocated that the two sides of the strait formulate unified industrial standards to promote win-win cooperation. In 2008, Pang served as deputy secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation as a cross-strait negotiator. In the face of the DPP authorities' vigorous pursuit of gradual "independence," Pang Jianguo warned the Taiwan military in 2019 that the initiative in cross-strait relations has always been in the hands of Chinese mainland, and the timeline is also tilting toward the Chinese mainland side, and provoking cross-strait confrontation will only make Taiwan more and more marginalized.
Qiu Yi, a well-known political commentator in Taiwan, also sent a condolence message to the sudden death of his friend Pang Jianguo, saying that Pang Jianguo's 12-character last words were a desperate cry to the sinking Taiwan society. In Taiwanese society under the control of the Democratic Progressive Party, from the media, public opinion to political winds, it is impossible to lose right and wrong, and in such an atmosphere, the supporters of the Blue Camp will inevitably fall into negative emotions.