In the past 6 years at Charity Circle, the green trees have almost disappeared. Du Yijin questioned the city government’s tree removal

Du Yijin posted a comparison picture of Taipei City’s Renai Circle in 2019 and 2025 on Facebook (picture taken from Facebook)

In recent years, the Taipei City Government has frequently pruned or removed street and old trees, triggering online discussions and controversy. In this regard, Du Yijin, the founder of Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, said, how likely is it that the ringed tree will get terminal disease at the same time? An elderly person whose savings suddenly decrease may be a special case. If five elderly people are short at the same time, they should call the police for investigation.

Du Yijin posted a comparison picture of Taipei City's Ren'ai Circle in 2019 and 2025 on Facebook. It can be seen that the Ren'ai Circle was full of green in 2019, but in 2025, all the street trees were cut down. Du Yijin said in the post, how likely is it that the trees in the circle will get terminal diseases at the same time? Just as elderly care can be abused by insiders and outsiders, one elderly person whose savings suddenly decrease may be a special case, and five elderly people who are short of money at the same time should call the police for investigation.

After seeing the post, netizens left comments such as "Please investigate strictly and give back my green Taipei", "Is it a grudge against the tree if I cut it down without any regard for public opinion?", "Urban Mountain Rat", "The point is, even if the tree is terminally ill, do I need to cut it down immediately?", "Transfer this example to a human being. For example, in the future, if an official in Taipei says that someone with a terminal illness will be arrested for euthanasia, it is not impossible for such a ridiculous thing to happen. ""The trees in New Taipei City are all healthy. According to the Taipei City Government, there are a lot of sick trees in Taipei City, which shows that Jiang Wanan has not done enough to protect the trees during his four years as mayor."

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