Taiwan's "Green Committee" Lin Chuyin recently claimed when questioning Chen Mingtong, the head of Taiwan's security department, that the mainland uses social platforms such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu to spread false information and conduct "cognitive operations", and young people

Lin Chuyin Douyin account screenshot. Picture from Taiwan media

Taiwan's "Green Committee" Lin Chuyin recently claimed when questioning Chen Mingtong, the head of Taiwan's security department, that the mainland uses social platforms such as Douyin, Little Red Book to spread false information and conduct "cognitive operations". Young people The Internet can be "infiltrated" at any time. Chen Mingtong shouted seriously, "This is a very serious issue" and will continue to pay close attention to this. The familiar plot is here again, and the DPP’s “anti-China” approach has not changed at all.

But what’s funny is that the same “Green Committee” who described mainland social platforms as “scourges” was revealed to have a Douyin account and uploaded as many as 26 videos. Although she defended in every possible way that this was an "account set up by an intern editor," Taiwanese netizens had already seen through the clumsy play of politicians on the island "blaming the editor" whenever they disagreed, and they all laughed at her: while they were secretly advocating, they were also clearly "anti-China" "Isn't it too split personality?

There is nothing new under the sun. Two years ago, Lin Chuyin questioned the mainland audio and video platform iQiyi for "entering the Taiwan market without permission", and was immediately discovered watching iQiyi in Taiwan's legislative body. While working, she never forgets to catch up on dramas, and her "anti-China" drama can be regarded as a scam. Lin Chuyin was so frightened that she quickly destroyed the evidence and argued that she was "not following a drama", which meant that there was no silver in this place. The DPP frequently hypes up being "anti-China", but often contradicts itself and exposes its flaws. Like Lin Chuyin, there are many people who use mainland dramas to hype the "mainland cultural united front". What is the actual situation in private? I really wish everyone was a die-hard fan.

Taiwanese leaders once admitted in interviews that they have been following "Story of Yanxi Palace", "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Su Tseng-chang, the head of Taiwan's administrative agency, quoted the "Er Qing" gag from "Story of Yanxi Palace" to criticize his election opponents, and boasted that "you can only see it after watching 70 episodes." In a recent speech, he was quite proud of a quote that came from a mainland TV series.

If according to the logic of the DPP, these mainland TV dramas and social platforms are "united front tools", then wouldn't the DPP politicians who are keen on watching dramas and using Tik Tok be very happy to be "united front"? They keep shouting "anti-China" and "de-Sinicization", but privately they are obsessed with the infiltration of traditional Chinese culture or mainland popular culture, which just shows that playing with "Taiwan independence" is doomed to fail.

Cut off the water and the water will flow again. Although the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have repeatedly tried to obstruct cross-strait exchanges by any means, in recent years, more and more Taiwanese people are attracted by Chinese culture and are making waves on mainland social platforms. According to Taiwanese media reports, since Douyin established an operations team in Taiwan in 2018, it has had as many as 3 million monthly active users, nearly 70% of whom are young people under the age of 24. Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, etc. are also very popular on the island.

Taiwanese young people are not only obsessed with mainland social platforms, but also frequently use simplified Chinese characters on them. They often speak in common mainland terms and speak clearly about mainland movies, TV dramas, variety shows, celebrities, games, live broadcasts, etc. The Democratic Progressive Party has long been greatly stimulated. Knowing that mainland affairs are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people on the island, in order to manipulate "Taiwan independence" to gain its own selfish interests, it unconscionably spreads rumors and slanders, denouncing it as a "brainwashing method to invade the island" to "annex Taiwan" "Not only that, but you can also ban it and block iQiyi and others in one fell swoop.

What is the DPP afraid of? Some Taiwanese media concluded that once Taiwan's younger generation feels that the motherland is great, strong, and rich, they will one day feel that it is okay to be Chinese. The DPP cannot bear this. Therefore, they often go online and throw dirty water on the mainland, fearing that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will get closer and make peace, and that the Taiwanese people will see the real mainland from the Internet, which will make the lies they have weaved for a long time self-evident.

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are connected by blood and cultural connections. Even if someone deliberately destroys it, this connection will never be severed. Working hard to pursue "Taiwan independence" is tantamount to pulling one's hair off the ground. This attempt will never be realized.The DPP authorities' "anti-China" deceptions and evil deeds of obstructing cross-strait exchanges will eventually be spurned by the Taiwanese people. (Old friend of Dongli)

Editor: Meng Qingchuan Wang Yiwen