Well-known host Cai Kangyong appeared on the 4th at the inauguration meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's campaign headquarters, but was quickly cut off by his Chinese partners. "Jun Zhengping Studio", a subsidiary of the People's Liberation Army Daily, published an article on the 6th saying, "There is no ambiguity about Taiwan independence." Shen Rongqin, an associate professor at York University in Canada, analyzed that although the official tone is that Taiwan independence means blocking, they criticize Tsai Kangyong without naming him. This means that they do not want to overly stimulate Taiwanese voters at this time and harm the Blue and White election. He also bluntly stated that the PLA's warning to Tsai Kang-yong was actually a warning to the Taiwanese people. What the CCP wants is to avoid the "breaking circle" effect of ocean currents and trigger a chain reaction. It wants to use this to cut off the phenomenon of people from all walks of life starting to break the circle to support the DPP.
Tsai Kangyong recently made a low-key appearance at Shen Boyang's presidential campaign. Although he did not express his support for Shen Boyang, he was still surrounded by Chinese public opinion. "Jun Zhengping" even published an article on the 6th saying that "a Taiwanese public figure" has recently been strongly criticized by public opinion for giving platform to the "Taiwan independence" die-hard Shen Boyang. "Jun Zhengping" said that the "Taiwan independence" forces are the mortal enemies of the Chinese people. This is a major issue of right and wrong. There is no room for ambiguity and no one is allowed to sit on the wall and waver.
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Shen Rongqin pointed out in a Facebook post that after the People's Liberation Army's official code name "Jun Zhengping" criticized Tsai Kangyong, "Observer.com", "Ifeng.com" and major local official media and news websites all reprinted it immediately, which means that the CCP has "determined" the matter.
Shen Rongqin said that although some Taiwanese media reported: "After the official evaluation of Jun Zhengping was released, it meant that all the connections, resources, reputation and image that Tsai Kangyong had worked hard to establish in the mainland have since been reduced to zero. This cultural symbol that was once associated with elegant conversation, emotional intelligence, life wisdom, dressing style, and literary preferences will be thrown into a dark prison and will never see the light of day again." However, in fact, China has not completely banned Tsai Kangyong.
Shen Rongqin explained that China has indeed begun to delete Cai Kangyong's works, but currently it is only targeted deletion. Cai Kangyong's works are still visible on Station B (Bilibili, English bilibili) or Mango TV. Although some have been deleted, there are still a large number of Cai Kangyong's works, such as "The Coming of Kangxi".
However, Xiaohongshu has removed Cai Kangyong's "One Thousand and One Nights Radio" and "New Life PLUS" from the shelves. This means that the boycott of Cai Kangyong has fermented, but it has not yet reached the point of being banned by the entire network, and some works may be removed from the shelves because the producers are afraid of self-censorship.
Shen Rongqin bluntly said that because the People's Liberation Army criticized Tsai Kangyong without naming him, and wrongly described him as "supporting" Taiwan independence die-hard Shen Boyang, even though he was only present and did not support him. But it may also be because the People's Liberation Army is very unfamiliar with democratic elections and does not understand what a "platform" is.
In any case, in China, the official tone is to block Taiwan independence. However, the People's Liberation Army criticized Tsai Kangyong without naming him. The representative did not want to overly stimulate Taiwanese voters at this time and harm the Blue and White election.
Shen Rongqin mentioned that what is more special is that the People's Liberation Army took action this time, which was quite rare in the past. It set the tone for Taiwan independence and represented that this warning was not just for Tsai Kangyong, but for all Taiwanese people. Although the People's Liberation Army did not mention Tsai Kang-yong's name to avoid over-stimulating Taiwanese voters. But it has to take action. It must send a clear signal that Taiwanese artists, businessmen, cultural circles and celebrities are not allowed to have anything to do with the DPP in the future, otherwise they will be set for Taiwan independence and suffer retaliation from China.
Shen Rongqin bluntly said that the People's Liberation Army's warning to Tsai Kangyong was actually a warning to the Taiwanese. What the CCP wants is to avoid the "breaking circle" effect of ocean currents and trigger a chain reaction. It wants to cut off at this time the phenomenon that people from all walks of life began to break the circle to support the DPP after Wang Weizhong's exclusive interview with Shen Boyang.
