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When Kuomintang legislator Ye Yuanzhi questioned the Ministry of Culture's budget in the Legislative Yuan, he raised questions about the viewership of TaiwanPlus programs, triggering subsequent public opinion discussions.
Yesterday, KMT legislator Ye Yuanzhi questioned TaiwanPlus in the unfreezing case at the Legislative Yuan. Shen Rongqin, an associate professor at York University in Canada, issued an article questioning it. Ye Yuanzhi criticized the show's main audience from the Philippines, questioning its ineffectiveness and supporting the deletion of the Ministry of Culture's budget. Shen Rongqin Qin criticized Ye Yuanzhi for knowing nothing about geopolitics, but Ye Yuanzhi's comment was that he was "flanking the ground." In response, Shen Rongqin also issued nine posts one after another to slap him in the face. He bluntly said that Yuanzhi was stubborn and bullshit, trying to shift the focus with his famous talk, and did not dare to respond to the criticism at all. He was really stupid and bad.
Shen Rongqin posted a post on Facebook with the title "Legislators should do their homework before asking questions." He pointed out that during the question yesterday, legislator Ye Yuanzhi criticized TaiwanPlus's program "Taiwan Talks" whose main audience was from the Philippines. This criticism of the program's ineffectiveness became one of the reasons for supporting the deletion of the Ministry of Culture's budget. Officials from the Ministry of Culture said that the first place in "Taiwan Talks" was from the United States, but Ye Yuanzhi still refused to give up and insisted that the first place was from the Philippines, which proved that the results were not effective.
Shen Rongqin said that even though he had criticized TaiwanPlus on Facebook, he still didn’t know how to describe Ye Yuanzhi’s questioning, because the level of ignorance Ye Yuanzhi showed was so shocking. He thought that Ye Yuanzhi wanted to prove that it was useless by using Filipinos to listen, so when he heard the Ministry of Culture official's answer that it was the United States, he quickly said that the information was untrue. However, Ye Yuanzhi's naked discrimination in Congress was already out of character, and his ignorance of Taiwan revealed behind his back was even more shocking.
Shen Rongqin bluntly said that "Taiwan Talks" is a program focused on geopolitics, focusing on Indo-Pacific security, cross-strait relations, and the global political and economic situation. Anyone with a basic understanding of Taiwan's geopolitics will know that the Philippines and Japan are Taiwan's two most critical geopolitical partners, and the Philippines is very important to Taiwan's security. If a program that focuses on geopolitics attracts viewers from countries that are most important to Taiwan's geopolitics, wouldn't it mean that "Taiwan Talks" is successful and can attract the most direct target audience? How could it be used as a crime?
Shen Rongqin questioned that just because Ye Yuanzhi, as a legislator, knew nothing about Taiwan's geopolitics, he actually questioned the achievements as a problem to justify deleting the budget. There are such legislators in Taiwan’s Congress. I really don’t know where to start talking about him?
However, this post also aroused dissatisfaction with Ye Yuanzhi, leaving a message saying to Shen Rongqin, "The Ministry of Culture responded to my written information and admitted that the United States is not number one, India is number one, and the Philippines is number two. You ignorant flanker is still washing the floor and has been thrown away (don't delete the message again, for fear that people will know that your face is swollen)."
This message also prompted Shen Rongqin to reply again, criticizing Ye Yuanzhi for choosing the most uncultured and evil way of answering among all possible ways. Shen Rongqin made 5 points of criticism:
1. Please don’t spread rumors as soon as you come here. Where did I delete the message?
2. Ministry of Culture officials later answered whether it was important whether the United States ranked first? Don’t forget that you were the one who made the mistake on the spot, but my narration of the inquiry is still correct. The point is that the second place in the Philippines is still an achievement, but your ignorance of geopolitics is regarded as a shortcoming.
3. Your attitude shows blatant discrimination against Filipinos, which is very serious.
4. Your question clearly shows that you have no understanding of the subject you are questioning, and you are talking nonsense in Congress based entirely on your intolerant ideology.
5. Call the people who correct your mistakes as flankers. Not only your level, but your quality also needs to be strengthened. It feels unworthy for Taiwanese people to pay taxes to support legislators like you.
Shen Rongqin questioned that the worst thing about Ye Yuanzhi was his stubbornness. When questioned, he wrongly said that the Philippines was number one, and the Ministry of Culture official wrongly said that the United States was number one. "Afterwards" he said that TaiwanPlus found information and was number one in India. He used this as an excuse to criticize others for using wrong information.
In this regard, Shen Rongqin also listed four more points to refute Ye Yuanzhi:
1. He also made a mistake on the spot. According to Ye Yuanzhi's standards, he should have slapped himself in the face.
2. The key point of the whole thing is that Ye Yuanzhi does not understand that the Philippines is an important geopolitical partner of Taiwan and discriminates against Filipinos. However, Ye Yuanzhi uses his famous talker to try to divert the focus and does not dare to respond to my criticism at all. It is really stupid and bad.
3. Ye Yuanzhi still has not apologized for spreading rumors as soon as he left a message and for lying later. Nor did he apologize for his lack of education.
4. With his knowledge and argumentation ability, it is unbelievable that he criticized Shen Boyang for his low IQ.
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