Yesterday morning, I received a call from the convener of our Hong Kong and Taiwan Circles, saying: Pang Jianguo has passed away! I thought I heard it wrong? I looked through the Hong Kong and Taiwan circle groups and found that at 4:42 am, there was a message from Pang Jianguo: "I am not as good as death in unfair and unjust Taiwan!" I opened another Taiwan new media group and saw Pang Jianguo's similar messages. A friend of Taiwan's senior media person, Zhang Youhua, , left a message: "Alas, Brother Jianguo unfortunately died this morning, and the road to heaven is easy to go!" I also saw Brother Zou Yuangan, the former Kuomintang naval captain, "Before the New Year, I was unable to attend classes at the Cultural University, and those who were unkind and unrighteous due to the chaos in Taiwan's political situation recently made him feel heartbroken and unable to control himself. Alas! Professor Pang's journey is easy to go."
This group was jointly established by me and the convener of the Hong Kong and Taiwan Circles a month ago. They are all good friends in Taiwan and well-known figures active in Taiwan’s political arena, military and media. We hope that these Taiwanese friends will be infected by our concept of promoting peaceful reunification across the Taiwan Strait after joining our group, oppose the proliferation of "Taiwan independence" thoughts, and join the self-media to speak out together, and Pang Jianguo is the core main member of our Taiwan new media group. Not only has he served as a professor at the Taiwan Higher Education Institutions, including Taiwan University, Taiwan Normal University, , Taiwan University of Culture, Taiwan, etc., he has also served as the second term Taipei City Councilor, the first term "Legislative Councilor" of Taiwan, and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Straits Foundation. He has participated in the negotiations on cross-strait relations many times. He is a very outstanding figure in the political and educational circles and a person standing on the front line of peaceful reunification of cross-straits. He adheres to the one-China principle, is committed to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, actively promotes cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, and has always fought against the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, which is admirable.
Professor Pang Jianguo's sudden death has made many politicians in Taiwan reluctant and cherish him. Former Taipei Mayor Hao Longbin, former Kuomintang "legislator" Cai Zhengyuan , and Zhao Shaokang, chairman of China Guangfa Group, all publicly expressed their deep feelings for Pang Jianguo's departure. Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun also said on Facebook that he heard the words before Brother Jianguo passed away, and he was mixed with emotion. Faced with the current difficult situation, we must face it more unitedly. We have heard and remembered Brother Jianguo’s words. Brother Jianguo is a humble gentleman who has achieved transcendence not only in academic or political circles. It is also our rare good friend. His departure has made us lose an outstanding talent who silently contributes in education and politics, and we have also lost an outstanding comrade who is full of intellectual cultivation and patriotism.
Here the author highlighted Zhu Lilun’s comments, which is to let Zhu Lilun and others not let Pang Jianguo down on his precious life and send his final shout to the Kuomintang! The dead are gone, and we living must break this unfair Taiwan and let the dead rest in peace. Today, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, also said that we deeply regret the unfortunate death of Mr. Pang Jianguo and express our deep condolences here. Before his death, Mr. Pang issued several articles condemning the unfair and unjust Taiwan under the DPP authorities' rule. His tragic expression of his resistance to the DPP in a rebellious manner should arouse the people on the island's thoughts. As long as compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait join hands, oppose "Taiwan independence", strengthen cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, and deepen integrated development, they will surely be able to create a bright future together.
