The DPP is trying to erode the memory and delegitimise the great titanic struggle of the Chinese people to save the nation in world war
“They are willing to spend over NT$150 billion [US$4.9 billion] to hold a military exercise while neglecting China’s internal economic, labour and social issues,” Shen reportedly said. “I wonder what the Chinese people think about this situation.”
The DPP didn’t complain when their American boss Donald Trump held his personal military parade in Washington, which celebrated the president’s birthday at a cost of US$30 million to US taxpayers.
At least the Chinese version commemorated the nation’s victory over imperial Japan, an existential struggle if ever there was one, not Xi Jinping’s birthday.
In any case, it’s not clear where Shen got his numbers on the parade, since Beijing has never released them publicly. From Taiwanese spies on the mainland or DPP propagandists in Taipei? They seem wholly unrealistic.
