Japan's Sankei News Taipei Branch Director Akio Yada criticized Chen Yixin on Facebook for "legislator" of the Kuomintang, saying that he wrote to the Japan General Office to "report the complaint" and asked him to "speak less." Huang Weizhe, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, then echoed on Facebook that he could not accept Chen Yixin's "request for the Japanese General Office to put pressure on reporters." In response to this, Chen Yixin responded last night, "In response to the wrong or biased comments from foreign media reporters, we should have sent a letter to the foreign media editor station to ask for instructions. What kind of pressure is this?"
Yaida Akio said on Facebook that the Tokyo agency of Sankei Shin Tokyo relayed Chen Yixin's letter of protest, and mentioned Chen Yixin's name on Facebook, and also mentioned "an important value of the Kuomintang is used by mainland China." He expressed his dissatisfaction and hoped that Japan's Sankei Shin-kun News Agency would put pressure on him to speak less.
Akio Yaida argued that he expressed his personal opinions and did not represent the position of the Sankei Shimbun. "Chen Yixin and I have had many exchanges. We have a smooth communication channel. If we have different opinions, we can come to me directly, but we secretly found someone to write a letter to Tokyo in Japanese to file a lawsuit. It is regrettable to use such methods."
Akio Yaida also expressed his grievance that although he is a staff member of Sankei Shimbun, he also enjoys personal freedom of speech. The objective and fairness that media people pursue is to report the facts, not to distort the truth, rather than giving up the spirit of criticality and not expressing opinions when encountering problems. Chen Yixin can disagree with his opinion, but hopes to have an opportunity to listen to the high opinion.
In response to this, Chen Yixin posted a message on Facebook on the 28th to refute, "When a foreign media reporter's public remarks are harmful to the fairness and objectivity of the media, and it also involves serious misinterpretations of me and the Kuomintang, what's wrong with writing a letter to the editorial station of the media to protest?"
Chen Yixin emphasized that he had served as the spokesperson of the Malaysian Office and the director of the Kuomintang's international department, and had been with foreign media reporters for many years. In response to the wrong or biased comments from foreign media reporters, he should have written to the editorial station to ask for an explanation. What is this pressure? "What's more, I'm not qualified to put pressure on me? It's only when I need to put pressure on me that the foreign media editors are qualified to put pressure on me."
Akio Yatan, 50 years old this year, is a Japanese journalist, writer and current affairs commentator. He was originally from Yamato City, Tochigi Prefecture. He was born in Tianjin City, mainland China. He is proficient in Chinese and claims to be "China Master". In 2020, he went to Taiwan and served as the director of the Taipei Branch of the San Economic News. He often appeared on green media political commentary programs and became a thug of the Democratic Progressive Party. (Xue Yang/Edited)
