[Text/Observer Network Xiong Chaoran] On July 23, China's first Mars exploration mission, the Tianwen-1 probe, was successfully launched at the Wenchang Space Launch Station in Hainan, taking the first step in my country's planetary exploration. At this moment worth commemorating and celebrating, some media on Taiwan’s island have added a little "joy" atmosphere to the successful launch of Tianwen-1.
23, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation posted a set of photos on its official Weibo . One of them was a group photo of the members of the Tianwen-1 Mars rover test team. All the members lined up with the words "TW-1".
picture has been released from Sina Weibo
a day later. According to this photo, a report written by the green camp media "Liberty Times" has many "highlights": "TW" means "Taiwan", which is a sensitive word in the mainland, and the photo "rare release" in the mainland, and some suspect that Tianwen-1 uses Taiwan's equipment and technology... The title and beginning of the report
first wrote that this photo of "TW-1" was "rare release" by the mainland, and "allowed to be forwarded by netizens" on Weibo. But what makes people confused is where the so-called "rare" is reflected?
"Free Times" report screenshot
report article then gave the answer. It turned out that they believed that "TW" has always been a sensitive word in the mainland and is believed to imply "Taiwan", so this time the photo was "made an exception and released."
Seeing this, we as mainlanders only know that "TW" is a sensitive word.
"Freedom Times" also said that after the successful launch of Tianwen-1, "some mainland netizens suspected that Tianwen-1 used equipment produced in Taiwan and quoted Taiwan's technology", which made people look question-marked.
Daily Question 1 uses Taiwan’s equipment and technology? Is this speculation proposed by mainland netizens?
As we all know, Tianwen-1 is China's first independent Mars exploration mission, marking that my country's aerospace technology has gone further to deep space. Huh... Wait, after all, let’s not talk about whether Tianwen-1 uses Taiwan’s equipment and technology. However, the “Liberty Times”, which has long advocated “Taiwan independence”, does recognize the fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
A photo with the word "TW" was deliberately linked to the concept of "Taiwan" by the green media, and even wrote it into a "report", which is really confusing. Looking at Facebook where the Free Times published this article, some Taiwanese netizens left messages in the comments section.
Many Taiwanese netizens left messages such as "Taiwan Nanbowan" and "Taiwan No.1" in the comment area, and some of the comments are even more ridiculous...
picture from Facebook The same below
comments, and this one was found. Could it be that this one is the one who uses Taiwan equipment and technology in Tianwen No. 1?
Deep space exploration cannot be separated from extensive international cooperation. According to CCTV News, my country's Mars exploration, as an open scientific exploration platform, has indeed carried out a number of cooperations with countries and organizations such as ESA, France, Austria, and Argentina. However, this is a normal thing.
What makes people feel a little relieved is that at least some Taiwanese netizens are rational.
Another netizen explained the origin of "Tianwen" in detail and attached a link to the web page to publish Qu Yuan's poems. However, no one responded to this message, nor was it at the forefront of the comment section.
In fact, after China's Tianwen-1 probe was successfully launched, it attracted worldwide attention. For example, the (Elon Musk) owns the space exploration technology company "SpaceX" also tweeted to congratulate: "Today, China launched the 'Tianwen-1' Mars rover. It's amazing!"
was praised by industry insiders like Musk, and to a certain extent confirmed China's current success in aerospace industry.However, green media such as "Liberty Times" would not think so. After all, some green media have made such programs...
pictures from Sina Weibo @Taiwan Stupid Screenshots since the evening of March 3, 2019 Green Media's "Sanli News" "Zheng Knows" program
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