Zhao Shaokang, chairman of Zhongguang. Photo: Zhang Liangyi / photo (file photo)
The government announced today (11) days that the flags of various institutions and schools will be flown at half-mast for one day in memory of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot and died, and the Central Committee of the Kuomintang also followed suit. In this regard, Zhao Shaokang, chairman of Zhongguang, bluntly said that the Kuomintang does not have to follow the DPP government to lower its flag at half-mast; former President Chiang Kai-shek used to repay grievances with virtue, which was a political consideration, but Japan took the lead in abandoning the Republic of China in 1972 but repaid virtue with grievances. Abe left office and went to the Yasukuni Shrine. , The Kuomintang did not apologize or compensate the comfort women in Taiwan. What the Kuomintang did was speculative and lost its independent position.
The shooting of Abe shocked the world, and US President Biden ordered the flags of the United States to be flown at half-staff in mourning. Lin Jiaxing, director of the Kuomintang Party History Museum, pointed out that the Abe family has been closely related to Chiang Kai-shek since his maternal grandfather and former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi because of his pro-American and anti-Communist stance, and Abe’s uncle Eisaku Sato continued this anti-Communist stance. Zhao Shaokang said that even if President Tsai Ing-wen went to fly the flag at half-mast, that was her political decision. The death of the people is the greatest, and the Kuomintang does not need to object, but there is really no need to dance with the DPP government to fly the flag at half-mast at the Central Party Headquarters.
Zhao Shaokang said that if there is someone in the Central Committee of the Kuomintang who has a special relationship with Abe, and the Abe family invites him to attend the state funeral, he can attend as a private person, and the Kuomintang does not need and should not fly the flag at half-staff. Now the Kuomintang wants all kinds of votes. The Kuomintang is the political party that defeated Japan, and President Chiang repays his grievances with virtue, which is a political consideration, but Japan took the lead in abandoning the Republic of China in 1972, but it repays virtue with grievances.
Zhao Shaokang emphasized that Abe is a patriot, he loves Japan, and it is his political mission as prime minister to amend the constitution to make Japan a “normal country” that is not restricted by the pacifist constitution. However, Japan did not apologize or reflect on the war of aggression against China. Abe went to the Yasukuni Shrine after leaving office, and did not apologize or compensate for the comfort women in Taiwan. Why did the Kuomintang fly at half-mast? Speculation, ignorance, lack of self-esteem, loss of independent standpoint.