This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the birth of former presidential adviser Ku Kuan-min. When former Legislative President You Xikun attended the commemorative forum, he pointed out that Taiwan’s local history has been covered up and obliterated for a long time under the authoritarian rule of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek. The haze of distorted history has not disappeared. For example, former President Ma Ying-jeou, who once held an important position in the Chiang regime, unconscionably used "white terror" to criticize the Democratic Progressive Party for implementing "green terror". It is simply talking nonsense.
The Ku Kuan Min Foundation held the "Ko Kuan Min Centenary Birth Commemoration Forum - The Revolutionary Era and Contemporary Mission of the Resistors" today. The forum included Xu Weide, associate professor of the Department of Humanities and Sociology of National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Xue Huayuan, joint professor of the Institute of Taiwan History and the Department of History at National Chengchi University, lawyer Lai Zhongqiang, and Taiwan Yongshe Chairman Luo Chengzong. The forum was attended by You Xikun and delivered a speech.
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You Xikun mentioned that looking back on the history of Taiwan, under the authoritarian rule of the Chiang regime, the local history has been deliberately covered up, distorted and obliterated for a long time. The most pernicious thing among them is that the two Chiang regimes repeatedly instilled that "Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times." However, in fact, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Zhou Enlai all publicly expressed support for Taiwan's independence, exposing the long-standing lies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
You Xikun said that historical data reminds everyone that Taiwan’s history cannot be arbitrarily tampered with. In order to consolidate democracy, deepen subject identity, and build a normal country, we have the responsibility to continue to discover, clarify, and restore the historical facts that belong to Taiwanese people. However, it is easy to distinguish between good and evil, but difficult to detect hypocrisy. Although the authoritarian system has ended, the shadow of historical distortion has not disappeared. In today's era of advanced information, trying to distinguish right from wrong faces many challenges.
You Xikun pointed out that Ma Ying-jeou has repeatedly accused the Democratic Progressive Party government of implementing "green terror" and even equated it with the "white terror" of the past. However, Ma once held important positions in the two Chiang Kai-shek regimes, has a background of studying law in the United States, and was the country's top leader. With Ma's understanding of history, he must know that there is a huge difference between the two. It is really sad that he unconscionably uses "green terror" to describe the current democratic regime.
You Xikun said that during the White Terror era, Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo were like emperors, combining administrative, legislative and judicial powers. Judicial independence was simply nonsense. In 1960, Lei Zhen was arrested for organizing the China Democratic Party, and Chiang Kai-shek even directly instructed that the prison term should not be less than ten years. This is clear evidence that justice has become a tool of the Chiang regime, and it is also a recognized fact.
You Xikun criticized Ma Ying-jeou for confusing these horrific years full of torture, bloodshed, and unjust imprisonment with today's free and open democratic society, and telling lies with open eyes, which is incomprehensible. He emphasized that Taiwan's democratic achievements, which are proud of the world, did not fall from the sky, nor were they benevolent and forgiving by authoritarian rulers. Instead, they were the result of generations of Taiwanese people working hard and overlaying their blood and tears over more than a hundred years.
