“Long live Taiwan!” and “Political persecution!”The biggest news in the history of Taiwan has to be from this year. Besides the Chinese envoy being attacked by a group of protesting mobs and the high-voltage-security visit from the top rank Chinese official, the real king of the news has to be Mr. Chen Shui-bien, Taiwan's former president for two consecutive terms, 2000-2008.
Chen was detained by the DA for alleged in the money laundering scandal that revolves around his son, son-in-law and wife. The view on the detention is polarized by the public. The independent party supporters, DPP, which Chen belongs to, accuse this as being a 'political maneuver' by the nationalist party, KMT, the party in power.
When the Chinese envoy arrived at Taipei to meet with the Taiwanese president, Ma Ying-jeou, the DPP supporters held many rallies saying that Ma is a sell-out of Taiwan by inviting the official to Taiwan and the police for using excessive force among civilians during the Chinese envoy's visit.
It is definitely reasonable to hold the powerful into account, however, the rallies and protests that the DPP has been holding have been merely properganda slogans with no hard evidence or logical reasonings. The only reasons they've presented have been "Ma is a sell-out of Taiwan", "Chen is a policial scapegoat".
Being a democratic country is to accept different stances in the society for having conherent argument and debates. But so far, the oppositional voices have been nothing more than a circus with loud blowhorns.
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