Speaking of Zhao Shaokang, many mainland netizens who care about Taiwan have heard of this name. But it is likely that Zhao Shaokang will truly open up his "famousity" in the mainland when the new coronavirus pneumonia broke out in 2020. In 2020, in the face of the outbreak of the epidemic in mainland China, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan announced on New Year's Eve that they would ban the export of masks to the mainland. Not only that, Taiwan’s social networks and news media are filled with a lot of vicious, sarcastic, and gloating remarks, including Zhao Shaokang.
will eventually be included in the program of Zhao Shaokang's history. He and his program guests Shen Fuxiong , Gao Jiayu , Zheng Liwen, Yin Naijing and others maliciously interpreted and sarcasticated on the mainland's epidemic prevention measures , and even spread rumors that " square cabin hospital has only one toilet for thousands of people to use, each person only gives two minutes to go to the toilet, and queues 24 hours a day." A group of people talked about each other, just like gossiping entertainment news, and the whole program was filled with laughter and joy. Since then, those ugly faces of gloating about disasters have been deeply engraved in the minds of many mainlanders, and have also made many people know Zhao Shaokang.
Since then, mainland netizens have almost one-sidedly bad comments about Zhao Shaokang. But what you don’t know is that compared to the DPP’s naked opposition to China and China, Zhao Shaokang is relatively objective and friendly to the mainland. He highly recognizes our economic, military and other development achievements, and admits that China has a huge influence now and is incomparable to Taiwan, and once said that he is Chinese. But why does such a person who seems rational and objective treat us like that when we are in disaster? To understand this person, we need to understand his family background and growing up.
Zhao Shaokang, whose ancestral home is Shexian, Henan Province, was born in May 1950 in Keelung, Taiwan. Father Zhao Zhenrong , graduated from Nanjing Central Army School and achieved the highest rank of lieutenant colonel. During the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Zhao Zhenrong was captured by the People's Liberation Army twice, in the Northeast and Hainan respectively. According to Zhao Shaokang, his father ran out with his courage and wit. I think whether it is the People's Liberation Army's preferential treatment of prisoners or he ran away by himself, one thing is clear, that is, after Zhao Zhenrong escaped, he returned to the Chiang Kai-shek's team, which shows that he has very stubborn anti-communist ideas. It is not difficult to infer that under the influence of such a father, Zhao Shaokang's ideological anti-communist seeds were planted since childhood.
Later, Zhao Shaokang studied in the United States and witnessed the most powerful and beautiful era in the United States. The idea of pro-American and respecting American is growing and developing at this time. It can be said to affect lifelong life, and it is more like a belief - The most powerful American father belief!
Zhao Shaokang when he was young
But it cannot be denied that Zhao Shaokang when he was young showed strong political ability and political ambitions very early. After returning to Taiwan, he served as a Taipei City Councilman, Director of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency, and Legislative Councilor , and gradually emerged in the political arena and became a hot political golden boy at that time. After he later quit politics and worked in the media, he boasted and showed off more than once in his own program. In recent years, I can still hear expressions of pride, such as:
When I was studying in the United States...
When I was a Taipei City Councilor...
When I was a legislator...
When I was a legislator...
When I was the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency...
He did not brag. At that time, Zhao Shaokang was indeed in the limelight and became the star of the future of the Kuomintang . Even Ma Ying-jeou of the same period was willing to give up the disadvantage. Those years were indeed the highlights of Zhao Shaokang's life. It was not until 1994 that he went to to run for Taipei Mayor . Zhao Shaokang, who was determined to win, eventually lost to Chen Shui-bian under the influence of partial division within the Kuomintang. This election defeat was a major setback in Zhao Shaokang's political career for more than ten years, and it had a huge blow to him. This directly led to his disheartenedness about politics, and finally announced his withdrawal from politics .
left Zhao Shaokang, right Chen Shuibian
Then, Zhao Shaokang switched to to operate media . Relying on his own abilities, coupled with the "Neighbors' help" of the Kuomintang, he soon became prosperous in the media industry. This is what we are familiar with now. Zhao Shaokang has become speculative and puts his own interests first. In the program, all parties are often invited to be guests. No one in offends . speculation like
is also reflected in mocking the handling of the epidemic storm in Wuhan. Zhao Shaokang faced the criticism of mainland netizens and was deeply afraid of affecting his future program efficiency. He also specifically denied it in an episode of the program and explained (quibbling) that he was not laughing at the time, but was just discussing it fairly. However, this practice was betrayed by his true words: "Everyone can no longer call it Wuhan pneumonia, so we will have no advertising revenue on video websites."
talks about another thing. When Hong Kong independence turmoil in 2019, we were under a lot of pressure in the face of the arrogance of the rioters and the support and intervention of Western forces ( Pelosi claimed that this was a beautiful scenery at that time). At that time, Zhao Shaokang gloated on the show, thinking that , one country, two systems, is no longer possible, and that we can't control it anymore, and that we will definitely surrender under pressure from the West. It was unexpected that when we took action, we completely reversed the situation in Hong Kong without any effort. In the end, the National Security Law was passed, all Hong Kong rioters were subject to legal sanctions. This includes Zhao Shaokang's close friend Jimmy Lai.
Speaking of the relationship between Zhao and Li, it can be said that they are good at family, have deep personal relationships, and have a lot of cooperation in business. When he learned that his close friend was arrested, Zhao Shaokang began to criticize the mainland's legal system in a sarcastic manner, defended Jimmy Lai, and demanded that the Hong Kong government release it. I also said that Taiwanese people are watching. If the mainland continues to do this, the mainland will push the people of Taiwan further and further away, and will not accept words like "one country, two systems". Looking back now, he supported Jimmy Lai so clearly at that time, which was probably caused by his inner fear. Because he was afraid that one day he would fall into Jimmy Lai's end, and he was actually exonerating himself. At that time, mainland netizens gave him a nickname, "Li Shaokang".
Jie Lai was arrested and imprisoned
To sum up, we can basically make a portrait of Zhao Shaokang. In him, you will find that licking beauty, kissing Japanese is a tag that can be seen at a glance; while in his heart, there is the anti-communist thought in hatred. Why is it said to be hidden? It is because he has another distinctive feature, that is, fence-bearing, speculative, and short-sightedness have become the most obvious characteristics in him in recent years. The main reason why he has performed this is precisely the continuous strength of mainland China.
The confrontation between China and the United States in the South China Sea, the Sino-US trade war, the Hong Kong amendment storm, the new crown epidemic, the fourth Taiwan Strait crisis, etc., witnessing these major events, Zhao Shaokang always firmly believes that the American father is the most powerful and China will definitely finish it. But the result is that China not only defeated its opponent, but also became stronger every time. This kind of sense of despair, fear and loss is the most real feeling in Zhao Shaokang and others.
He is becoming more and more aware that China's strength and unification process are unstoppable. Tsai Ing-wen and others are not afraid, because they have Cloud Leopard Armored Vehicles, Black Hawk Helicopter , and an escape passage given by the United States; the people are not afraid, because they know that the People's Liberation Army only fights Taiwan independence; the one they fear most is Zhao Shaokang, the United States is becoming increasingly unreliable, and Tsai Ing-wen will not take him away. He has a great family in Taiwan, and he wants to give up but is reluctant to give up.
Tsai Ing-wen and her Cloud Leopard Armored Vehicle
So that's why you see that although he has still smeared the mainland in the past two years, he will also grasp the right measure. If he loses his words, he will still think about finding some compensation for the fundamental reason. So you will find that sometimes his performance is really split .But no matter what, in the great event of unification, we will not give up any person or strength that can be won. We just hope that Zhao Shaokang and others will recognize the situation as soon as possible, calm down their swaying hearts, do more practical and good things that are beneficial to compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and accumulate more red dots on the small notebook. Only in this way can we have good results.
