On April 12, Xiao Xucen, CEO of the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, was interviewed by Wang Qianqiu, the host of the China Radio program, this morning, to review the special meeting held in Beijing on the afternoon of 10 April. People of all walks of life on the island are very curious about whether Ma Ying-jeou made a mistake or was it a deliberate mistake in his speech? In this regard, Hsiao Xucen made it clear that it was indeed a slip of the tongue on the spot. What Ma Ying-jeou said at Taoyuan Airport on the 11th was also a slip of the tongue.
The first "slip of the tongue" occurred at 4 p.m. on April 10, 2024, when Mr. Ma Ying-jeou said the "Chinese nation" as the "Republic of China" in his speech at the Great Hall of the People. The second time was when he returned to Taiwan and arrived at Taoyuan Airport, and when he made a speech, he once again referred to the "Chinese nation" as the "Republic of China."
Scholars and media on the island have two different interpretations of Ma Ying-jeou's two rare "slips of the tongue." The first is that Ma Ying-jeou is really too "nervous", which leads to a slip of the tongue, so everyone directly ignores it and does not care. The second is that Ma Ying-jeou deliberately made a "slip of the tongue" on the grounds that few people will have the same "slip of the tongue" twice in a short period of time.
Their interpretation is that although Ma Ying-jeou actively identifies with the Chinese national culture, adheres to the "92 Consensus," and criticizes the DPP's "Taiwan independence" stance. But Ma Ying-jeou also has a negative side, Ma Ying-jeou seriously lacks courage, and he has missed the best opportunity to promote reunification and become a national hero in his eight years. Ma Ying-jeou also resisted reunification, and his heart only had the ethereal "Republic of China" in mind. Ma Ying-jeou twice referred to the "Chinese nation" as the "Republic of China," deliberately showing favor to the public opinion on the island.
On April 11, Lai Qingde met with a delegation from the Institute of the 2049 Program, a U.S. think tank, led by former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Xue Ruifu. During the talks, Lai Qingde made a rare important commitment, "he and Xiao Meiqin will work to maintain Taiwan's security, cross-strait stability and regional peace in the future."
Lai Ching-te's commitment to maintaining cross-strait stability this time is a statement to the US side and a positive response to the "skeptical theory" of the US political circles. This also proves that the DPP authorities are carrying out the will of the United States and acting as the executor of the US Indo-Pacific strategy. It has been revealed that a delegation of US military enterprises will arrive in Taiwan again around 20 May, including Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
On April 12, a big war broke out in the blue-green legislature in Taiwan, and the two sides went back and forth, and the voting battle was thrilling and thrilling. Three days ago, the DPP's "legislators" launched a surprise campaign to change the agenda and was vetoed. Today, the Kuomintang launched a Class A mobilization and successfully vetoed three reconsideration motions put forward by the DPP caucus on such issues as stopping the cutting of military and public education pensions and the number of years of naturalization on the mainland.
This is the first time that Han Kuo-yu has made a formal move since he assumed the presidency of Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan." When the "vice president of the Legislative Yuan" Jiang Qichen voted and the blue-green vote was still tied at 47:47, the "president of the Legislative Yuan" Han Kuo-yu finally made a ruling and successfully rejected the green camp proposal. In this regard, the green camp was furious and shouted "The dean wants to be neutral, it's too, or the dean, you have disappointed me" and other words. I have to say that this time Han Kuo-yu finally took action to suppress the arrogance of the DPP, which is a bit relieved.