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Facing the Same Enemy! Wang Dan: June Fourth Reminds Taiwanese to Guard Against CCP Violence

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Dissident Wang Dan stated that the Tiananmen Square Massacre serves as a reminder to Taiwanese people about the violent nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
  • He emphasized that Taiwan and the victims of the 1989 crackdown share the same enemy: the CCP.
  • Wang Dan criticized the CCP's claims of peace with Taiwan, calling them a deception given the party's history of violence.

Dissident leader Wang Dan has urged Taiwan to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, stating it serves as a crucial reminder of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) violent nature. While acknowledging that many Taiwanese may not feel a strong connection to the anniversary, Wang stressed that Taiwan and the victims of the crackdown share a common adversary.

Taiwanese people and the victims of June Fourth face the same enemy, which is the Chinese Communist Party.

— Wang DanHighlighting the shared threat between Taiwan and the Tiananmen Square victims.

"Taiwanese people and the victims of June Fourth face the same enemy, which is the Chinese Communist Party," Wang stated in a recent post. He argued that despite being different groups, they are united by this shared enemy, making the events of June Fourth directly relevant to Taiwan's security and future.

You are different groups, but you share the same enemy! How can you say 'June Fourth' has nothing to do with Taiwanese people?

— Wang DanEmphasizing the direct relevance of the Tiananmen Square Massacre to Taiwan.

Wang Dan sharply criticized the CCP's overtures of peace towards Taiwan. He pointed to the 1989 crackdown, where the party used its military to kill unarmed students in its own capital, as evidence of its inherent brutality. "Facing a regime that is violent from head to toe, whose violent nature has not changed at all, is now claiming to talk about 'peace' with Taiwan – isn't this a joke?! What is this if not deception?!"

Facing a regime that is violent from head to toe, whose violent nature has not changed at all, is now claiming to talk about 'peace' with Taiwan – isn't this a joke?! What is this if not deception?!

— Wang DanCriticizing the CCP's peace overtures towards Taiwan in light of its history of violence.

He described the Tiananmen Square Massacre as a "demon-revealing mirror" that exposes the CCP's ferocious face hidden behind a "big bad wolf" facade. Wang concluded that for any Taiwanese person unwilling to be deceived by the CCP's "peace" rhetoric, the June Fourth massacre provides the sharpest counter-example, questioning how it could possibly not concern the Taiwanese people.

June Fourth is a demon-revealing mirror that directly exposes the ferocious face of the CCP under the mask of a 'big bad wolf'.

— Wang DanUsing a metaphor to describe how the Tiananmen Square Massacre reveals the CCP's true nature.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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