Author Tang Yonghong Deputy Director, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Center for Taiwan Studies, Xiamen University
Since the General Administration of Customs of Chinese mainland announced on February 26 to suspend the import of Taiwanese pineapples (pineapples) with mesophylls, the biological and ecological security issue of mesosome pineapples has completely evolved into a political issue that continues to burn in Taiwan's society and media under the deliberate characterization of the Tsai Ing-wen authorities and under the full operation of the so-called "national team", completely crushing the "Lai Pig" issue that harms the health of the Taiwan people, the "Algae Reef" issue that endangers Taiwan's ecological security, and the anti-democratic and anti-freedom "Zhongtian" issue, and even the "Zhongtian" issue that concerns the lives of the family. Security" topic.
The question is, why did the Tsai Ing-wen authorities not take a problem-solving attitude, examine biological and ecological safety issues, or seek quarantine communication with the mainland to ensure the sustainable development of the pineapple industry, but instead hype up the simple pest issue of the shell worm pineapple with a "whole government" investment posture, and deliberately claim that it is the mainland's economic suppression behavior and completely distort the essence of the problem?
The author observes that deliberately distorting the characterization of the problem and hyping up the shell worm pineapple issue is actually a continuous decline in satisfaction with the ruling government caused by the continuous decline in satisfaction with the ruling government caused by the unfavorable issues such as Taiwan's security, opening up the lai pig, and closing Zhongtian, and facing the pressure of the United States to communicate with the mainland, the Tsai Ing-wen authorities have tried to take the opportunity to continue to provoke the social sentiments of "hatred against China", "anti-China", and "independence" to achieve their political goal of killing four birds with one stone.
First, it is impossible to restart cross-strait dialogue and communication because it refuses to accept the "1992 Consensus."
As everyone knows, because the Tsai Ing-wen authorities have refused to agree with the "1992 Consensus" or the core meaning of the two sides of the strait belonging to the same country, and have constantly promoted the separatist activities of "Taiwan independence," especially taking advantage of the opportunity of the US strategic readjustment toward China to vigorously engage in "seeking independence according to the United States" and "uniting with the United States to contain the mainland," undermining the core interests of the Chinese mainland at the territorial, sovereignty, security, and development levels, the two sides of the strait have moved from peaceful development to confrontation and escalation, resulting in the upsurge of storms in the Taiwan Strait and the possibility of changes in Taiwan's security at any time. This has not only aroused the dissatisfaction of the Taiwan people, who are worried that their lives may not be guaranteed, but also the dissatisfaction of the US Biden administration with the Tsai Ing-wen administration in Taiwan, which is worried about being involved in the war in the Taiwan Strait. The personnel adjustments made by the Tsai Ing-wen administration at the beginning of the New Year around cross-strait and security affairs, as well as the soft expression of the new chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, Qiu Taisan, who wanted cross-strait dialogue and spring to blossom, are the responses to rising internal and external pressures. However, the DPP authorities are well aware that it is impossible for the DPP and the authorities on both sides of the strait to restart dialogue and communication at the level of public power between the two sides of the strait, which are hostile in the nature and orientation of cross-strait relations and are at odds with each other in terms of the development orientation of cross-strait relations. And if there is no dialogue and communication to resolve Taiwan's security problems, the DPP will inevitably be unable to continue to govern Taiwan. Therefore, the DPP authorities are currently seeking ways to find an opportunity to get rid of responsibility and pressure. At this time Chinese mainland the suspension of the import of Pineapple from Taiwan can just be used to stir up social sentiment of "hatred against China" and "anti-China" and to continue to throw the responsibility of the authorities on both sides of the strait for not being able to restart the dialogue ditch to the mainland.
Second, try to get rid of the public pressure brought about by the confrontation with the mainland, opening up the lai pig, and closing the Middle Heaven and divert the focus of the public's attention.
Since the DPP came to power in Taiwan in 2016, it has launched a confrontation with the Chinese mainland based on its "one China, one Taiwan" cross-strait relationship. In 2020, in order to thank the Trump administration's "friends" for their words and deeds and help Trump campaign, Tsai Ing-wen relied on her public opinion base of 8.17 million votes in the election, disregarded the physical and mental health and wishes of the island's people, and unscrupulously played with authoritarian power to open up the import of pork containing ractopamine in the United States. At the same time, in order to consolidate the social ideology conducive to the DPP's governance and elections, it has not hesitated to suppress the blue media and even forcibly shut down Zhongtian Television station at the expense of anti-democracy and anti-freedom. This has caused a massive backlash in public opinion on the island, wreaked havoc on the satisfaction of the Tsai Ing-wen administration with its administration, and could jeopardize the DPP's 2022 "nine-in-one" election or even the 2024 leadership election. At this moment, the Tsai Ing-wen administration is in need of alternative events that will help divert the attention of the island's people. Therefore, Chinese mainland the suspension of the import of Taiwanese jackfruit, just as a timely rain, it was immediately characterized by Tsai Ing-wen as an economic suppression of Chinese mainland, and the so-called "national team" investment was launched in Taiwan society to stir up speculation.
Third, take the opportunity to provoke the social sentiment of "hatred against China" and "anti-China" to stop the decline in the satisfaction of the ruling government.
As everyone knows, the DPP has made basically no contribution to Taiwan's economic development in the more than 30 years since its founding, but it has made unremitting efforts and achieved remarkable results in actively using various opportunities and conditions to thoroughly transform Taiwan's social ideology. Today's DPP has surpassed the KMT in the field of Social Ideology in Taiwan to become the most political party with "political correctness" to the letter, and in particular, it has a broad mass base of nearly 70 percent in terms of the nature of cross-strait relations and the orientation of the development of cross-strait relations. Tsai Ing-wen's votes and the support group of the DPP authorities are mainly those Taiwanese people who have been brainwashed for a long time by the POLITICAL forces of the Green Camp such as the DPP. However, the majority of these people who insist on "one China, one Taiwan" and advocate Taiwan independence have not yet reached the level of ideological "Taiwan independence" elements who can throw their heads and spill their blood, and there are still very few like Su Zhenchang who are willing to take a broom to the battlefield. They are afraid of peaceful changes in the Taiwan Strait, and of course they are not willing to spend money to eat America's poisonous pigs in order to curry favor with the United States. Therefore, although they voted for Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP to govern Taiwan and are satisfied with what the DPP authorities call the best "Taiwan-US relations" in recent decades, they are also worried that the DPP administration is increasingly likely to bring about war in the Taiwan Strait, and they are even more dissatisfied with the Tsai Ing-wen authorities for letting them spend money on poisonous pigs. This is the main reason for the decline in satisfaction with the Tsai Ing-wen administration. In the face of declining satisfaction, the Tsai Ing-wen authorities are racking their brains to stop the bleeding. At this moment, the Chinese mainland announced the suspension of the import of Taiwan's spinach, which objectively became a "life-saving straw" for the Taiwan authorities. Tsai Ing-wen deliberately characterized it as the mainland's economic suppression of Taiwan, personally in the line of fire, launched the so-called "national team", took advantage of the "hatred of China" and "anti-China" social mentality, for the weak peasants to fight for the rights and interests of the posture, once again provoked Taiwan's "hatred of China" and "anti-China" social sentiments to stop the decline in the decline in the satisfaction of the ruling government.
Fourth, it is necessary to try to restart the atmosphere and battlefield of public opinion based on "reunification and independence", "hatred of China", and "anti-China" to help govern and elect.
As mentioned above, since the DPP came to power, cross-strait confrontation has developed, and the boat of peace in the Taiwan Strait is in danger of capsizing at any time; With the arrogance and authority of full rule, the Tsai Ing-wen administration did not hesitate to sacrifice the physical and mental health of the Taiwan people, did not hesitate to oppose democracy and freedom, and unscrupulously opened up Lai Pig and closed Zhongtian. All this has triggered a loosening of the DPP's and its authorities' public opinion base, which is obviously not conducive to the DPP's continued rule and subsequent elections, including the "nine-in-one" election in 2022 and the leadership election in 2024. How to extricate ourselves from these predicaments is precisely the headache that the DPP and its authorities have pondered and cannot solve. Chinese mainland announced the suspension of the import of Taiwan's jackfruit, and in Taiwan society full of "hatred of China" and "anti-China" mentality, it is just right that the DPP authorities can use the cicada to get rid of the shell. Tsai Ing-wen immediately characterized the economic crackdown, selling the so-called softest piece of her heart, in order to divert the people's attention and public opinion battlefield, take the opportunity to get out of difficulties, and try to restart the public opinion atmosphere and battlefield based on "reunification and independence," "hatred of China," and "anti-China," so as to help the DPP continue to govern and elect. (Source: Huaxia Graticule)