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Running for the 2024 presidential election? Hou You-yi leads a delegation to visit Singapore on 19 April 2023
Reporter : Lai Xiaotong / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4273137 / Image : New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi (front left) will lead a delegation to Singapore on April 19 for a 4-day and 3-night municipal international exchange. (Provided by New Taipei City Government)
New Taipei Mayor Hou You-yi, who is expected to represent the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 2024 presidential election, has recently expressed his stance more and more clearly. The New Taipei City Government announced today that Hou will lead a delegation to visit Singapore on 19 April 2023 for 4 days and 3 nights of municipal international exchanges. Hou is not familiar with questioning international issues.
Hoy You-yi will discuss with Singaporean officials on the areas of development, gender equality and people's livelihood issues, visit Singapore's public and private institutions including Nanyang Technological University (NTUitive), and will hold discussions and exchanges with Singaporean youth on issues such as overseas entrepreneurship and talent cultivation.
The city government pointed out that this visit will promote the highlights of major constructions and large-scale events in New Taipei City, including the upcoming opening of Yingge’s “New Taipei City Art Museum”, the City Art Festival in July, and the National Taiwan Design Exhibition in October. In addition, New Taipei Joy Christmasland has cooperated with the Singapore projection team many times to create the main light sculpture projection show, and looks forward to inviting more international friends to visit New Taipei City for sightseeing and exchanges.
In addition to the team led by Hou You-yi, Director of the Economic Development Bureau He Yiming, Director of the Secretariat Rao Qingyu, Director of the Information Bureau Zhang Aijing, and Director of the Youth Bureau Qiu Zhaomei will participate in the whole process and are expected to return to the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 22 April 2023.
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On Taiwanese running to Pro-Communist, Cao Xingcheng: These Taiwanese are follow Barbarism "To the Most Stupid"
Reporter : Chen Yufu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4273155 / mage : Former UMC Chairman Cao Xingcheng issued a document today emphasizing that Taiwanese must not be suspicious of the United States or against the United States, and run to be pro-communist and friendly to the communist party. It is tantamount to jumping from civilization to follow barbarism, which can be described as extremely stupid. (File photo, Bloomberg; synthesized by this newspaper)
Cao Xingcheng, former chairman of UMC, issued an article today emphasizing that some people in Taiwan are promoting the rise of the CCP and the decline of the United States, making everyone suspicious or even anti-American. These people have no idea that the spirit of enlightenment, democracy and the rule of law, scientific and technological development, and economic growth are all intertwined. As a Taiwanese, you must never be suspicious of the United States, anti-American, and run to be pro-communist and friendly to the communist party. That is tantamount to jumping from civilization to follow barbarism, which can be described as extremely stupid.
Cao Xingcheng pointed out that the "Enlightenment Movement" first advocated democracy and the rule of law, protected human rights and freedom, and freed people from fear. Based on this, the Enlightenment encouraged rational breakthroughs in totalitarian and religious restrictions on thought and speech, and the courage to explore knowledge, science, and technology. After the explosion of scientific and technological knowledge, the Enlightenment encouraged specialization of labor, free markets and fair trade, thus contributing to the rapid economic growth.
Cao Xingcheng mentioned that the United States is the first country in the world to be established based on the concept of enlightenment. For more than 200 years, the concept of enlightenment has made the world's elites rush to join the United States, making the United States a great international leader. In the 20th century, almost all important technological inventions came from the United States. After World War II, all countries that follow the enlightenment concept and are friendly to the United States have enjoyed unprecedented progress and prosperity, including Western Europe, Japan, and the four Asian tigers. Conversely, countries hostile to the ideas of the Enlightenment or to the United States suffered from poverty and turmoil.
Cao Xingcheng gave an example, China is the most unfortunate example. From 1949 to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the CCP’s actions violated the spirit of enlightenment in every way. They trampled on human rights and tried to surpass Britain and the United States by trampling on human rights and making steel with indigenous methods. As a result, China’s economy was completely bankrupt and more than 80 million people were killed.
Cao Xingcheng mentioned that when Deng Xiaoping visited the United States in 1979 to seek aid, he was granted most-favored-nation treatment by the United States and entered the World Trade Organization; after that, China introduced some enlightenment concepts, such as macro-control, market economy, and emphasis on private enterprises, etc., and its economy achieved miraculous growth. growing up.
Cao Xingcheng said that when the United States helped China at the beginning, it hoped that after China got rid of poverty, it would gradually move towards democracy. Unexpectedly, after the CCP’s wealth exploded, in order to continue its one-party dictatorship, instead of moving towards democracy and the rule of law, it began to manipulate nationalism, continued to trample on human rights, and played wolf diplomacy, which led to its relationship with democratic countries such as the United States, Japan, and Western Europe. General deterioration. The CCP has now transformed into the Manchu Qing Empire in the past. In order to continue its one-party autocratic interests, it is comprehensively anti-enlightenment, anti-democracy, and anti-Western.
Cao Xingcheng directly pointed out that some people in Taiwan are promoting the rise of the CCP and the decline of the United States, making everyone suspicious or even anti-American. These people have no idea that the spirit of enlightenment, democracy and the rule of law, scientific and technological development, and economic growth go hand in hand; China may be able to develop for a while by stealing Western technology in violation of the enlightenment concept, but in the face of Western technology blocking, its progress in all aspects will soon stall or even stall.
Cao Xingcheng said that an obvious example is "Huawei Electronics". In the past few years, Huawei mobile phones and 5G equipment were still selling well all over the world. After being blocked by the United States, Huawei has now withdrawn from the mobile phone and 5G market. Therefore, as Taiwanese, we must never be suspicious of or against the United States, and run to be pro-communist and friendly to the communist party. That is tantamount to jumping from civilization to follow barbarism, which can be described as extremely stupid.
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In search of freedom, Chinese immigrants surge on US Southern Border
Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/04/17/a103692433.html / Image : A truck drives past a welcome sign in the town of Yaviza, in Panama's Darien province, March 9, 2023. Darien Gap - This migration route kills more than 50 migrants each year en route to the United States. (Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. media reported that in order to pursue freedom, there have been a large number of Chinese immigrants who chose to risk arrest, drowning and robbery, cross Latin America, and cross mountains and mountains to the southern border of the United States in pursuit of freedom. The number has exceeded 4,000 in recent months.
Central News Agency quoted The Wall Street Journal on 16 April as "Determined to Flee China, Thousands Take a Long, Dangerous Route to the Southern U.S. Border" tells the stories of many Chinese who escaped from the oppressive rule of Chinese President Xi Jinping, traveled to many countries with their families, and came to the United States to seek asylum.
According to the report, under Xi Jinping, China's private sector is facing austerity and has been forced to lay off employees, and entrepreneurs have left. Some people worry that after Xi Jinping enters his third term, political oppression will only make people more breathless.
In this context, the report stated that recently there have been a large number of Chinese immigrants who have traveled to the southern border of the United States in search of freedom. Most of these people are low-income, low-educated and low-skilled, and it is difficult to obtain US visas; many of them have lost their jobs during the covid pandemic, or have experienced political trauma.
According to statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency in mid-2022, there are about 116,868 Chinese people seeking asylum around the world, nearly eight times the number of 15,362 at the end of 2012 before Xi Jinping took office.
The report pointed out that in the first three months of this year alone, 3,855 Chinese immigrants crossed the dangerous jungle "Darien Gap" (Darien Gap), which is about 60 miles (about 96 kilometers) long and connects South and Central America; Under the current situation, there will be only 2005 in 2022, and only 376 in 2010-2021.
Image : Aerial view of the town of Yaviza, Darien province, Panama, March 9, 2023. Darien Gap – This migration route kills more than 50 migrants each year en route to the United States. (LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)
The report interviewed dozens of Chinese who were on the road or recently came to the United States through Latin American escape routes. Among them was Mr. Huang, a 30-year-old fitness trainer.
According to reports, after being out of work for two years during the epidemic, Mr. Huang found a job at an iPhone factory in central China but was fired after he took to the streets and scuffled with guards over contract issues. Afterwards, Mr. Huang received an inquiry call from the police in his hometown Hubei. Since he claimed to have been imprisoned for 6 months on false charges of soliciting prostitutes when he was 18, he was worried that he would be locked up again, so he began planning to escape from China.
Mr. Huang said in an interview that he sees no hope in China. "Who would want to leave their family any other way?" he said.
According to the report, Mr. Huang borrowed US$13,000 (approximately NT$3,9425) from someone who saw a video of Chinese immigrants recording their escape journey through Latin America last December.
The report quoted Mr. Huang as saying that the first difficulty in fleeing was leaving China. During the epidemic, the Chinese (Communist) government restricted the issuance of passports and only allowed applications for overseas study, work or business purposes; in order to obtain a passport, Mr. Huang purchased a fake admission letter from a foreign university on the Internet. He then obtained a Turkish visa and lied to the Chinese customs that he wanted to inspect the local catering industry before leaving the country.
According to reports, after arriving in Istanbul, in order to avoid being robbed on the way, Mr. Huang sold his iPhone 13 and replaced it with a humble old mobile phone.
Mr. Huang then flew to Ecuador, the only place on the escape route that allows Chinese nationals to enter the country without a visa. He bribed smugglers with a Chinese he met on the plane, drove them to Colombia, and then took a taxi to the coastal town of Necoclí, which is the last stop before crossing the "Daren Pass".
The report said that crossing the "Daren Pass" took several days, and had to walk through muddy jungles, chest-deep rivers and steep trails. There were few clean water sources on the way, and mosquitoes were rampant, and some sections even had a "rotten smell". Mr. Huang said he thought the smell came from dead bodies; according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 36 people died in the "Darien Pass" last year, and the actual number may be higher.
After passing through the "Dalian Pass", Mr. Huang went through several sea and land journeys before arriving in Mexico. Many people chose to pay a fee of US$650 here to let smugglers drive them to the border with the United States, but Mr. Huang bought a bus ticket for 1/8 of the price. However, the bus was stopped by the police shortly after its departure, and Mr. Huang was caught off the bus and locked up for 10 days.
Mr. Huang still did not give up. After his release, he bought two motorcycles with three other Chinese people he met on the road, and tried to cross Highway 101, which is known as the "Highway of Death" in Mexico. The four of them encountered a van carrying hooligans on the way and were almost captured. Fortunately, they escaped smoothly, but lost the locomotive.
According to the report, the last local Chinese arranged a vehicle to take four people to the US border. They climbed over the border wall and surrendered to the US border police in Texas. Mr Huang applied for asylum and was released pending an immigration court hearing in late April.
According to reports, it took Mr. Huang nearly two months to cross mountains from China to the United States, and it is estimated that he spent 7,000 to 10,000 US dollars on smuggling, transportation and accommodation. If you want to choose a more direct or safe route, such as taking a plane to Mexico, by relying on smugglers to bribe the local customs to enter the country with a fake passport, the cost is as high as more than 60,000 US Dollars.
Although the journey is difficult and expensive, Mr. Huang is not the only Chinese who has embarked on a dangerous journey for freedom.
According to reports, Mr. Huang met a father and son surnamed Li in Colombia who also hope to go to the United States. Li's father is a leather businessman from Guangdong. In the past 10 years, he participated in air pollution protests and supported the Hong Kong democracy movement.
In 2019, Beijing authorities forced Papa Li to delete comments on social media sites critical of Xi Jinping and the CCP, and twice arrested him for hours of interrogation. Due to fear and unwillingness for his son to receive Communist Party education at school, Father Li had the idea of taking his son and fleeing.
Although the father and son surnamed Li finally arrived in the United States, they were robbed near the border between Ecuador and Colombia, which made the 16-year-old son cry bitterly and wanted to give up but Li's father told him, "Freedom is not free."
The report pointed out that from October 2022 to February 2023, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested a total of 4,271 Chinese nationals at the southern border, which is 12 times that of the same period of the previous year.
Norma Pimentel, head of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, said that shelter personnel have only seen a single Chinese in the past several months, and now the number has skyrocketed. The number of members is about 50 a day, or 25% of the total.
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