Famous expert shares ~ Li Anni" From "having ears but no mouth" to speaking with confidence

Former Hong Kong Demosisto secretary-general Joshua Wong was charged with "conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or external forces to endanger national security" in violation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law". He was originally scheduled to be released in January next year. On November 5, he was still sentenced to 10 years in prison by the High Court and must serve until 2036. (AFP)

I saw the news on November 7 that Joshua Wong, who is still serving his sentence, was sentenced to ten years in another Hong Kong National Security Law case. I remembered what my elders repeatedly told me when I was a kid: "You have ears but no mouth."

Next year (2027) will be the 80th anniversary of the February 28th Incident and the 40th anniversary of the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. I, an ancient woman, have not personally experienced 228. When I was young, it was in those corners where I had to lower my voice and listen bit by bit that I gradually learned what had happened in Taiwan. Growing up during the martial law era, I learned early on that once I heard something, I just kept it in my heart. This habit has been with me for most of my life.

Thirty years ago, Taiwanese used their votes to elect their president for the first time. That year, we entered the first year of democracy. The system has loosened its physical shackles step by step, but from being over fifty, to being in my sixties, and then to being seventeen years old now, I have slowly learned to speak out what is in my heart.

Today, thirty years later, I see that Taiwan’s democratic soil has produced young people like Shen Boyang who are willing to stand up. We also see that in Hong Kong, where freedom of speech and political freedom is increasingly restricted, Joshua Wong, who was supposed to be released from prison in a few months, now has to spend nearly ten years in prison.

The same passionate young people have such different lives. To me, Taiwan’s hard-won freedom over the years lies in a very common thing. When a young person expresses his thoughts, the elders in the family can rest assured to hear him out.

The hard-won freedom that Taiwan has gained over the years can be found in a very common thing, such as when a young person expresses his or her thoughts, the elders in the family can safely listen to what he has to say; diagram. (File photo)

I hope that in the future, when children in Taiwan ask what "having ears but no mouth" means, we can safely tell them that that is a thing of the past.

#Taipei’s most beautiful voice recently hehehehe

#Let this laughter continue to stay in the sky of Taipei

#1128 Against all odds, we must come out and vote.

(The author is Chairman of the Lee Teng-hui Foundation)

This article is reprinted from Li Anni’s Facebook with permission