Taipei Needs a Better Mayor! Go, Shen Po-yang! F16Vs Arrive in Taiwan! Taiwan's Coast Guard Drives Off the Communist Bandits!

This episode mainly discusses the controversy between Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an and Legislator Pao-hsiang Shen regarding drugs and harm reduction policies, criticizes the Kuomintang for smearing Pao-hsiang Shen by claiming he promotes drugs, and discusses international developments such as the Taiwan Coast Guard driving away the Chinese Communist Party's vessels, the arrival of F16V fighter jets in Taiwan, American politics, and cooperation with Poland. Finally, it reminds the public to support legitimate political donation channels.

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Hey hey, hard news makes for the best listening. I am your host Stan, welcome everyone to watch. I hope everyone is doing well and everyone is very happy. Today we are going to talk about the major and minor events that have happened recently. And of course, today's major theme is about Yangliu. That is also, uh, on the one hand, as everyone knows, Pao-hsiang Shen is someone I have always said Taipei needs a better choice, Taipei needs a better mayor, and it truly needs a change in leadership. And because quite a few things happened this week as well, so aside from Pao-hsiang Shen, meaning the municipal issues of Taipei City, we will also briefly discuss some recent breakthroughs for Taiwan internationally.

And then, because earlier today, everyone is getting extra good benefits today with two videos, I really worked my fingers to the bone editing them. One is my interview this time in the US with Gloria Gong, um, and then there is a 40-minute interview talking about the issue of the rise of the American leftists, uh, which is quite big because many of them are directly using the discourse of the Chinese Communist Party. He, uh, talks in very detailed terms about where the biggest differences are between the recent domestic policies of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. So it is very, if everyone is interested in American politics, I strongly encourage everyone to watch, uh, this video of my interview with Gloria Gong.

And then, uh, at the same time, uh, I also strongly suggest that everyone watch, uh, the one I released earlier today, my interview with Luke de Pulford, who is considered quite popular and has a very high level of support in Taiwan as a political figure. He is a British Conservative Party member and also the executive director and founder of IPAC, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. And, uh, he has been talking about some recent advocacy in the European Union, as well as in the US and countries around the world, supporting sovereignty and independence, supporting security, and supporting democratic values.

And of course, uh, he mentioned that recently, uh, this One China policy is a very absurd policy; it is basically a relic of the 1970s and the Cold War. A policy that everyone wants to push now is called what? A One Taiwan policy. Which is to support Taiwan, so I strongly encourage everyone to watch this video. Now, uh, today, what I want to talk to you about is mainly the issue between Pao-hsiang Shen and, uh, Chiang Wan-an, because this matter is quite big. Uh, I couldn't write my title very directly, uh, because the degree of yellow-tagging for this is extremely high. But, the issue of cracking down on drugs.

Because our channel has filmed a very large number of related videos regarding, um, the Chinese Communist Party's new Opium War tactics, um, and we will continue to film them. But because everyone also knows, I have quite detailed understanding of how the Chinese Communist Party uses some new methods to, uh, undermine the United States, and how it transports drugs into the United States, through what networks, and through what official channels to, uh, distribute its drugs in the United States. This, this, this issue is something our channel often reports on.

However, I feel that everyone shouldn't forget one thing, which is that before talking about this just like Shen Boyang, money is also uh, we must understand that uh this issue is not just a municipal problem of Taipei City, it's a global issue. And uh, speaking of a global issue, the most crucial part here, the most crucial part for the United States here, is of course the United States. So uh, before we chat about this topic, I also strongly encourage everyone, if your conditions allow, uh, you can go to Taiwan, you can come to Taiwan. We are News Hard-hitting, you like the coolest channel, because uh, we are an independent team. Like the video I just posted about that Gong Xiaoxia, not about Gong, the video interviewing Gong Xiaoxia, and then I saw comments below saying, this is totally an old video, filmed several months ago. Ah, killed it! Our channel uh, is just two people, me and my wife, we are the only two running it. And there is also a cat, I only have two hands, my editing is just edited like this. I have already been, all of it is edited, you know what? Working twenty hours a day is also a very common state. I have no way to shoot something and then immediately upload and finish editing it myself, no, no way. There are some videos with footage I shot last year that haven't even finished editing yet.

But my general strategy is that, if things are relatively cold, when the political environment is relatively cold, I will take out some old stuff to edit. But my speed is just like this, I don't have a team, our Fanzei channel also has no way, no way to spend money to hire a team. Our own operating costs are just breaking even, we're not making money either, we just don't starve to death, but uh you know, there's no way to expand either. I've always wanted to expand the channel, but it just can't be done, because economic conditions don't permit it. So then my editing speed is just like this, I can produce two long videos every week, uh, six or seven short videos, and one live stream, that's considered pretty good, okay? It's considered pretty good, the stuff run by two people is just like this. Ah! Someone replied, uh, this episode with Xiaoxia is great, uh, went by the way to check out Xiaoxia's channel, high quality, but traffic is not good enough, it needs uh the broad Taiwan-leaning public to support it. If you're interested in the United States, she just reads the newspaper, she is a very senior journalist, and also a very senior scholar, and she is a Ph.D. She is also a Ph.D., and also used to be a professor at UCLA before, so she is a person with a lot of depth. So if you are interested in the United States, her channel is very much something you can follow, you can subscribe. I am very much recommending it.

And she is uh a good friend of our channel, meaning I've known Xiaoxia for about two or three years now, uh, and she is a very, very insightful person, meaning everyone can really uh can follow her. Maybe you won't agree with her views on every issue, but I think generally speaking, she and also that Lily Tang Williams, who is the candidate in New Hampshire, and also that uh, that Xi'an Fleet, these these three people, I think they all because they are probably of the same generation, people who grew up during the Cultural Revolution, they understand the Communist Party the best, so these three women are uh very amazing, they are all three Chinese women, and they all love the United States very much, and they are also fighting for the United States every day, giving them a big thumbs up. And everyone can also follow all three of them, and of course Gong Xiaoxia, because she mainly creates in Chinese, so you can you can check it out, OK.

Alright, uh, OK, when we talk about this issue, then it's our turn to go back to talking about drugs, go back to talking about drugs. That is, recently I saw the Blue and White camps arguing, saying they accused Shen Boyang of advocating drugs, but I think this statement is extremely shameful and ridiculous. Shen Boyang, whether it's his old remarks or new remarks, what he talks about is basically in Europe and America. No matter what faction you are, whether you're conservative or progressive, it's the same. That is, well. First of all, from the perspective of those Kuomintang people, uh, drugs and medicine are naturally different. I'm telling everyone, this is not an English problem. You have to look at those drugs being sold on the street now, they actually also have the same ingredients as medicine. That is, you have to look at your channel of acquisition, if a doctor helps you write a prescription, and then you want to use it to make accusations, because those so-called drugs are either painkillers, or uh anesthetics, or sedatives.

These three are mostly, uh, like the fentanyl that is currently rampant in the United States. It was originally a medication, used for terminal cancer or in anesthesiology. Heroin was also a medication in the early days. Morphine, too. These things often come from the pharmaceutical field. And there are some anesthetics and sedatives, like the stuff those hip-hop artists in the U.S. are abusing—it's very dangerous. It is also a drug that psychiatrists would prescribe. So, you have to look at whether you are using it illegally. If you obtain it illegally, then in the Chinese context, it is what we call 'drugs,' because your goal in using it is to make yourself feel good, or to achieve some other state, rather than truly using it to relieve pain or treat your related illness.

So, I think this term 'drug' itself is sometimes stigmatized. For example, let's look at marijuana; everyone argues about it quite fiercely. And in Taiwan, I know that the general public is against even medical marijuana; they don't want it to exist. I am against the decriminalization of marijuana or turning it into something for recreational use; that causes quite a few problems for social order. But for medical use, because there is a lot of relevant research, and if you look at the impact on the human body—now, for instance, in Europe, in Poland, medical marijuana is legal. And this medical marijuana is mainly for oncology, right? When it's terminal cancer, sometimes if you use those very heavy synthetic drugs, like fentanyl—for example, fentanyl is prescribed for terminal cancer—this stuff makes people just sleep directly, and they basically sleep until the end. I... well, I'll say, my father had pancreatic cancer, and he passed away from it. In his final stages, he was prescribed morphine, and in the end, he was just sleeping, sleeping. But look at current research: if they are prescribed that kind of medical marijuana, the components are relatively more natural, and it keeps people awake. They can also quite enjoy their final period of time; they can live a life that is relatively more like a normal one. It's close to a normal life. So, the Kuomintang's view and attitude are very, you know, zero or one. But I think this is also an extremely double-standard argument.

Then there are the two concepts Shen Boyang brought up. The first is methadone. Chiang Wan-an also had a proposal in 2021 to popularize methadone treatment. What is methadone? It is also a synthetic drug. Its use, for example, is that if someone is addicted to heroin or fentanyl, they can use methadone as a substitute. Now, methadone, it doesn't make people high, but it solves the aftereffects of these drugs, such as tremors or those mental issues. It makes people reduce that addiction, that 'craving'—the English word is 'craving'—it reduces that need. So you say 'drugs,' you say... the components are the same, so it just depends on where you draw the line. Illegal drug use can also be called illegal drug use, not necessarily 'drugs,' because in English they are all called 'drugs.' And that's true, because the components are the same; it just depends on 'use' versus 'abuse.' If you are abusing this thing—because some people, how do they start getting addicted to drugs? Well, it was originally a painkiller prescribed by a doctor. Then they used it and got addicted, and didn't quit, so eventually, they ended up buying it on the street. So I think this is something everyone needs to understand a little bit. Because if you really want to solve this problem, using that kind of approach won't work. Talking about drugs and saying, 'Oh, drugs, we have zero tolerance.' There are mainly two things. First, this methadone thing: if someone is addicted to... not cocaine, but to fentanyl, heroin, or those drugs, and there is a substitute, they can return to a normal life. When they use methadone, they can return to society, and there is a gradual treatment process. In the U.S. and Canada, there are quite a few successful cases where they quit through methadone, and the dosage is gradually reduced, gradually reduced, and it allows people to return to this normal life. So, methadone treatment is... some people say it's something you drink; there are various forms. In the U.S., there are also medications that can be injected. It has various methods; it is a component. You can't say a drug is only for drinking or only for injecting. Most drugs have several methods, and it relates to the dosage and to each individual. If someone has a weaker stomach, they might be advised to inject; or if someone is unable to inject, they would be advised to drink it. That is a very professional issue.

And the second point is about providing needles. Providing needles is something that Taiwan is already doing. What is the purpose of this? The purpose is to reduce the spread of AIDS and, what is it, Hepatitis B, which are diseases transmitted through blood. This is not called encouraging drugs; this is about lowering risks now, and at the same time getting those people into drug rehabilitation. Taiwan's regulation on these illegal drugs is also very strict. I believe it is stricter than most countries. However, they still have a drug problem. Where does this drug problem come from? It comes from one single word: China. Speaking of Chiang Wan-an, why don't you lock up Chang An-le and other fentanyl lords? Isn't your Kuomintang currently like that, what is it called, the idomitsu... there is a city councilor in Hualien, and things were found within that family, right? If your Kuomintang wants to crack down on drugs, you should start with your own people, start with those pro-unification figures who run to China every day and bring illegal Chinese drugs and ingredients into Taiwan. The Kuomintang is a drug party! Aren't so many illegal drugs in Taiwan related to China? Don't the ingredients all come from China? Who advocates engaging with China? Isn't it you, Chiang Wan-an? Aren't you also connected to fraud syndicates? Don't you know that David Wang? Those illegal debt collectors, those hackers, those people working for Russia and China, those criminals—aren't they all good friends of yours? Don't you know them all? And then you say you have zero tolerance for drugs. If you have zero tolerance for drugs, you should first arrest Chang An-le. If you have zero tolerance for drugs, you should first arrest Chang An-le. Chang An-le is still outside; why don't you condemn the pro-communist party? Who in the pro-communist party is not connected to drugs? Which gangsters don't sit together with your Kuomintang? Disgusting! Despicable, shameful, thick-skinned, shameless. This is the true face of the Chinese Kuomintang.

And then they say, oh, they want to smear Puma Shen. What Puma Shen talks about is something Taiwan is already doing, and what Puma Shen talks about is also what the international community is doing. To solve the drug problem, there are two methods. What is the conservative approach, the Republican approach? Ah, thank you for the support, Hsieh Cheng-chiang, thank you very much for the support. What is the Republican approach? It's deportation, right? It's arresting those who traffic drugs into the United States. It's arresting those Chang An-les, arresting those Bamboo Union members. The United States is doing this kind of Republican approach. As for the Democratic approach, they promote reducing these infectious diseases or promoting Narcan. I don't know if Taiwan has Narcan. Narcan is a medicine sprayed into the nose. If someone overdoses on something like fentanyl or heroin—meaning they might experience an overdose and could die—spraying it into the nose can save their lives. On the one hand you do this, and on the other hand you go after the source, doing both simultaneously. Therefore, the number of fentanyl deaths in the U.S. each year, ever since Trump took office, went down, down, down, and infectious diseases also went down, down, down. Because it uses two methods: first, for people with drug addiction, you teach them how to rehabilitate—how to quit? Professional doctors will tell you this. Another method is that if someone overdoses, you save their life first. After saving them, there are various methods. I am not a doctor, but looking at your new policies, Taiwan currently also provides needles. Taiwan currently also provides methadone treatment, because this is used globally. This thing is used globally, and this is not called promoting drugs, because those people are watched, looked after, and supervised until they return to a normal state in society.

This is one approach, and another is that you have to go after the source. You have to go after those pharmaceutical factories, you have to go after those Chinese people who are bringing drugs into Taiwan, you have to go after those Kuomintang (KMT) members, you have to go after those gangsters, you have to go after the Bamboo Union, the Four Seas Gang, and all those other gangs. There are so many gangsters. The ones currently promoting drugs in Taiwan are not Puma Shen; the ones promoting drugs are the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the underworld and gang organizations under the KMT. Don't treat your voters like idiots, okay? Done. So, I see, but of course, the average voter, well, voters are also very, very angry. Supporting the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the KMT has already degenerated into spies for the CCP, for a long time, for a long time. But because they control many of the media outlets, they keep brainwashing the Taiwanese people. Never vote for the KMT; the KMT is just the Taiwan branch of the CCP. It's so disgusting. Yes, they also have a very close relationship with China and Chinese gangsters, and they keep advocating for 'armed unification.' That's why I say Taipei needs a better choice, needs a better mayor. I think he finished sharing many insights. He has been smeared as an extremist, but looking at what he said, including that article he wrote a few years ago, those are policies that the US, Canada, the UK, and European countries are all implementing, such as methadone therapy, which Taiwan is also doing. Saying he is advocating for drug legalization—what he wrote is exactly what Taiwan is currently doing. Xiaofeixia de Tiankong, thank you very much for your sponsorship, thank you very much for your sponsorship, and I also encourage everyone to support our channel. Well, let me see if I can set a goal. Hmm, wait for me for a second.

Right, and how should we celebrate? Let's film, let's do a Q&A livestream, let's do a Q&A livestream, Start Go. Alright, so please support our 'Hard News' segment, please support our 'Hard News.' But that's the logic, it's very simple. And in the US, the drug problem in Taiwan is different from that in the US, but because the types of drugs consumed in Taiwan are different, the types of drugs the CCP transports to Taiwan are also different. Everyone remember this figure: 70%. 70% of so-called drugs, which are illegal substances in Taiwan, come from China, and they are all linked to and related to Taiwan's gangs and Taiwan's underworld. At this point, you wouldn't want to vote for Chiang Wan-an. At this point, you wouldn't want to support this very shameful person; it's really embarrassing, it's really very embarrassing. Not only is his English poor, but his Chinese is also poor, and he has never tried to go to the US, yet he is a person who has no experience with these issues.

Then they say they want to help these people quit drugs, yet they claim to support drugs. If you are opening smoking rooms everywhere, where are those smoking rooms you opened? They are opened at the school gates. Aren't those smoking rooms you opened just supporting smoking? Hey, say hello to everyone, honey. Hello, Hello. We are talking about drugs and Chiang Wan-an. Chiang Wan-an's flank says that Shen Po-yang's article did not mention methadone, so what he is talking about is not methadone; what kind of poison is it exactly? Can Shen Po-yang clarify what kind of treatment method it is? Well, you have to look at what is currently being used in Taiwan. Shen Po-yang later mentioned methadone again. Besides methadone, there are all kinds of similar substitution therapies. Methadone has been around for a long time, for decades. It means that its effect might last longer, its toxicity is slightly lower, and it can replace drugs that are more easily fatal, and then gradually reduce your addiction. Yes, so this is what is being discussed. However, I think one point that is quite a slap in the face is that because this is a harm reduction policy, therapy, and drug rehabilitation therapy that has been in practice for years, the Taipei City Government itself has distributed many needles and provided a lot over the past four years. Chiang Wan-an distributed them himself. And I think what is more detestable is that they deliberately confused the concept of this community center. Can you explain to everyone what a community center mentioned in criminology is? This is not necessarily criminology. Generally speaking, a community center is an institution, and basically, there are nurses inside, not necessarily doctors, but nurses. And these nurses will observe the condition of these people. As for methadone, this thing is either distributed to people through pharmacies—it depends on the case in each place—or through these so-called community centers. A community center is where social workers look at people with more problematic families, seeing how they can help them and how they can take care of them. That is a community center; it is an institution, not using these drugs in a residence. This is just a problem of Chiang Wan-an's poor English; he doesn't understand it himself, yet insists on talking about it. He doesn't understand but insists on talking, and he is even proud of his legal background. I really don't know how he studied at UPenn. I really don't know how he passed the exams at UPenn. I really just feel that this person is at an elementary school level, and his ego is something you can't even pull down.

Every time I listen to the Kuomintang (KMT) explain things, it makes my blood boil. Right, because it is utter nonsense. Having seen very little of the world, I still think the worst thing about the KMT is that they treat people like idiots, treating voters like fools. As for Puma's policies, you look at all of them, from transportation to solving problems like cockroaches and rats, to what he previously proposed regarding community care—I think they are all quite good. In short, anyway you look at it, they are better than Chiang Wan-an. You can agree with some of his policies, and you can disagree, but no matter how you look at it, they are better than the current ones. So I hope Taipei can move away from being poisoned by a drug source coming from China, where cockroaches and rats are flying all over the place, and where the drainage grates are all clogged. The issue with the mountain trees, you know? What reason did he give for the mountain trees? But it's just that they come down with the water—no, it's because you people don't clean the ditches! You don't clean the ditches, which is why it gets clogged over there, right? Isn't this the simplest logic? If you clean the ditches very frequently, there wouldn't even be an issue with mountain trees. And then, you know what? It's all about face, face, face, face, and showing off, which I find completely disgusting. Completely disgusting, and then going to use a salinity meter to test the bento box. The food poisoning of the children in your school was caused by you, Chiang Wan-an! And this cannot be solved by measuring salinity! What? What do you say? Let me tell you, everyone, because my own background is in life sciences. When I watched him measure that salinity, not only was he using the wrong method—measuring wet things—he didn't even know what the numerical range was. He was measuring there, and then saw 0.25 or 0.5, and wondered if it was too salty or too bland? Hey, please, if you didn't do your homework before running over there to do that, you're just putting on a show. Right, you measure, and even the basic values—how much the children need—had to be told to you by the teacher next to you, and none of the teachers next to you even noticed that his measurement method was wrong. And I heard the news say that the schools mentioned they always test salinity independently. Well, if everyone is using the wrong method, then what the hell are you measuring for? Besides, what does salinity have to do with diarrhea? Right. And the Taipei City Government should have inspection experts; why didn't you find a university professor to go with you? It doesn't even have to be a university professor, just someone from a lab would do. Right, or someone from a lab, you must have connections, right? How could you be so casual? And about children—what about your own child going to America? America, oh, he used to oppose US pork too! Now my child is going to eat ractopamine-infused US pork and be strong and healthy. US pork—every KMT member opposes US pork, and then they send their children to America and live there long-term. And I think the funniest thing is that he said this time regarding the drug issue, there were many, many doctors and frontline workers helping patients quit drugs leaving comments, and he said those people were internet trolls. Hey, excuse me, may I ask what happened with the Indonesian internet trolls from your own Taipei City Government previously? Right, whitewashing for your own son, and using Indonesian internet trolls? Right, and there are a bunch of Indonesians under the Taipei City Government saying 'Thank you, boss'—what is that all about? Don't turn what you are doing into something others did, okay? That is really detestable. And on the one hand opposing the US, while on the other hand your son is an American, and the most detestable thing is that you occupy a Taiwanese person's spot to go to the US as an exchange student. You shouldn't do that, just like you shouldn't claim you are a PhD, which is equally pathetic. So I really hope the people of Taipei can make a better choice, and elect someone like Puma Shen who genuinely works hard. And you have to look at how many experts are on Puma Shen's team, because he himself has an academic background, and he also knows where the limits of the fields each of us researches lie. Puma Shen would never go measure salinity himself, because this is neither his specialty nor his field, but he would invite experts and believe what the experts say, which is different from Ke Wen-zhe in the past, and different from Chiang Wan-an now.

And you know what? When he goes to inspect construction sites, he even checks whether his photos and poses look good. We shouldn't be posing! Do you look as good as a model? Who wants to look at you? Who wants to look at you? Chiang Wan-an, you know? Posing—if you were exceptionally good-looking, maybe that would be fine, but the point is you're not. So I think, oh my god, I just heard about it. Indonesian troll farms, Indonesian troll farms, and then many people tested it, saying, oh, you pretend to be French first, you pretend to be Dutch first, and then they were all speaking up for Chiang Wan-an's son, and even spelled his name wrong. Isn't that humiliating? Isn't that just humiliating? So, so Taipei is now forming this so-called ocean current, because finally there is a better choice, finally there is a better choice. Last time Chen Shih-chung was also not bad, but I think Puma's advantages are, first, he has a very deep understanding of the international situation; second, he has an academic background, he is a person of social sciences. And he has also been a professor, and has been in Taipei for his whole life. He also has a considerable understanding of the United States, has a quite thorough understanding of Taipei's needs, and is young. This is actually very important, this is actually very important—his age; he can better understand all the current needs of Taipei as it develops in high-tech. So I am very supportive of him, I am very supportive of him. He is someone who I think is also the best candidate for the people of Taipei. And no showing off, no showing off. Someone wrote that in high school he was in the social sciences track, so he probably doesn't understand science and engineering. Well, then I don't understand either, you know? I don't understand either, I am not from a science background either. I've always been in the liberal arts track too, all along. And my university and graduate studies were also in the liberal arts. I said I won't go measure salinity with you, nor will I tell you, oh, how you should use that instrument correctly, and then stand there and say, oh, this number means—I won't. If I were the mayor, I would ask professionals to do this kind of thing, and then report back, and Chiang Wan-an should take responsibility. The first thing he should do is apologize to the parents of those children who got diarrhea, apologize, kneel and apologize. And you should kneel and apologize to every child in the schools who is breathing second-hand smoke in those smoking zones. Ah, at first glance, this is really a person without any standards. Chiang Wan-an simply cannot compare with Puma, his level is just too poor. Yeah, yeah, he has no standards, he's just a guy with no standards. Indeed, Chiang is a straw bag lacking any competence, everything is just packaged, everything is just packaged. He wasn't doing well in the United States either, he didn't do well in the United States, which is why he came to Taiwan. And as soon as he arrived, he was directly given a legislator seat to hold, how wonderful! He is only responsible for eating braised pork rice. Speaking of which, I remembered a high school video on the internet before. There was a kid, there was a kid who went on that TV show, and he was kind of chubby and plump. And the host said, "Do you cook?" meaning, will you cook? He said, "No, I eat." He said it so happily, "No, I eat." He is also like that in his speech: I don't cook, I am only responsible for eating. And then the host asked that kid, "Then does your father cook? Does your dad cook?" "No, he also eats." My dad also eats, the dads of Taiwan also eat, adding to the chaos, all of these are eating off the people of Taiwan, eating the blood of the people of Taiwan! And now Chiang Wan-an has also turned into eating, meaning he only knows how to eat, eating even worse, while his productivity is zero. Can the people of Taipei still accept this? The voter demographics in Taipei are also quite special. Electing someone who is not from the Kuomintang in Taipei is a bit tougher. I know that for Puma this is quite a big challenge, but you have to believe, because at the same time Taipei also has many intellectuals. I think the intellectuals in Taipei, after looking at that Chiang Wan-an, won't be able to stand it either. You know? Like my wife's parents count as those who support the Blue camp, meaning they lean somewhat toward the Blue camp. But last time that Han Kuo-yu came out, everyone couldn't bring themselves to vote for him, they simply couldn't bring themselves to vote for this one, it was just too devoid of standards. Even these so-called Blue supporters couldn't bring themselves to vote for him. I hope that those Blue supporters in Taipei, if they really don't want to vote for Puma, then just don't vote, they just can't bring themselves to vote for him, because this person is just really too embarrassing.

External cases are the product of privilege, yes, his dad arranged everything so he could inherit a legislator seat, yes, ah yes. You know? He just doesn't cook, only responsible for eating, his dad eats too. You have to think of them, think of them as those Kuomintang people, you can think of them as parasites. You know? Parasites, parasites that suck blood, and then call, call their parasite babies to keep sucking blood, that's, that's just how it is.

That's how it is, and then they just smear and spread rumors, which is really, really a pity, it's truly a pity. Alright, so Taipei needs a better choice, which is, which is the part about Enoch Wu. And then let's talk about Taiwan's Coast Guard and the F-16s. By the way, does everyone want to see my livestream with Dennis Peng? Do you want to watch it? Do you think it's, do you think it's exciting? Do you think it's good? Uh, if you think it's good, please type 1; uh, if you think, ah, it's just so-so, not that great, please type 2. I personally think it's quite good, and it also lets everyone see the true face of Dennis Peng! And it's like, you know? It's this kind of attitude. Let me tell you, originally I told him, let's not talk about Tsai Ing-wen, because I, their assistant contacted me, right? And then they said, oh, uh, Professor Peng wants to debate you, because originally Peng, Dennis Peng himself said, oh, whoever disagrees, just, just come and debate me. Because I originally said that Chiang Wan-an's degree cannot be called a doctorate. And then Peng said, oh, that news is solid, like this, like this, like this, I want to debate him.

Uh, and then, so, so he was the one who wanted to debate me. And then when I was filming a short video, I said, alright, then Professor Peng, I'll, I'll debate you, come on, let's debate, let's have a good chat. Later, the assistant wrote to me, and however, I told his assistant, ah, we can debate municipal affairs, that's fine, uh, debate cross-strait relations, also, of course, whether JD has a doctorate, that's a main axis, that's the biggest point, the, the, the core of the livestream. And then, he said, oh, but Dennis Peng wants to, Peng, Professor Peng wants to ask you about that doctorate issue of Tsai Ing-wen. I said I don't recommend this, and I also feel, this, this is not a good topic, because Tsai Ing-wen has already stepped down for a long time. And plus, uh, I feel that this kind of spreading conspiracy, conspiracy theories, I, I also don't want my channel to become, like, a place for him to spread that, that thing about Tsai Ing-wen, that, that thing about Tsai Ing-wen's doctoral degree. He said fine, then we won't talk about Tsai Ing-wen, they themselves promised me not to talk about Tsai Ing-wen.

As a result, as soon as Dennis Peng got on the livestream, Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen, he seemed to be unable to stop thinking about her! I mean, she has stepped down for so long, and he keeps, keeps wanting to bring up, uh, bring up that Tsai Ing-wen, um, that doctoral thesis. Although the LSE has also clarified it, and you can see the thesis. Hey, later, ah, after that livestream, I actually went, went to look up Xiao Ying's thesis. I don't study trade, you know? I'm not a person in this, this field, right? So after I looked at it, well, well, well, this is indeed a research paper, and it was indeed written based on the situation in the 80s at that time. If you want me to evaluate it, this, this is not my field, and I wouldn't be interested in this topic. But if you tell me this thing is fake, this thing doesn't exist, well, well, well, you can download it, you can see it, it's all there, you can also go to the LSE and look it up.

This document is right there, so, so why? You can say it's poorly written, oh, you can write a new thesis. Because Xiao Ying wrote this how, how many years ago, thirty-something years ago, right? Nineteen eighty-something? We, we, we won't talk about the legal research of that time, the, uh, the economic research of that time is different from, from now, and the standards for theses are also different. So, you, you just write a new one.

Uh, you, you just write your own. If you also want to understand those trade barriers, and how to implement preventive measures, then go write it. What else? You think it's poorly written, then you, you can also keep saying that, oh, Tsai Ing-wen wrote it like this, ah! I have better evidence; I am also building my theory on the basis of Scholar A, Scholar B, and Scholar C, and then adding my own insights, right, to refute Tsai Ing-wen's argument. Isn't that how it is? Anyone who has been to graduate school knows that's how a thesis is written. But he didn't, he just said it's fake, it's fake. That thing is right there. And then, the UK's attitude is also like this, that, that has already been awarded, and actually, the UK's way of awarding degrees is a very, very rigorous practice. I, I was also very annoyed listening to it at that time, because I didn't write a thesis too.

Ah, it has been over four years, almost five years. Yeah, that's right, I've been writing for almost five years now. Wait, is it—or, or, or has it been over five years? Let me think: 2023, 2024, 2025—it has been over five years for me. I've reached that point, right, a full five years, considered a full five years. Then in my fifth year, I took the defense, and later passed. Then afterwards, the corrections also took about three or four months to, to revise, because usually after your doctoral dissertation defense, ninety percent of the time, they won't let you pass directly, right? You pass with corrections, and then I got the list of things I needed to modify, and then it was just, just revising, revising, revising, and then submitting it again before, before it was officially awarded. I only got it this year, right, and it was really hard work. Now, I believe Peng Wen-cheng also wrote his dissertation for University of Wisconsin-Madison like that, which was about mass communication.

Well, my research is on human rights, and, my dissertation is basically filed under international relations, and human rights, when you click on it. Well, it is, considered a political science/IR dissertation, but since modern sciences are all interdisciplinary, one of my professors was an anthropologist, and the other was from international relations—specifically that kind of very, very hard, hard IR, that's very rigorous international relations research. And the other was anthropology, because one of the ethnic groups I studied was quite special, right, which is the Uyghur people, so and at the time my understanding of Central Asia and, uh, the Xinjiang region was still not quite enough, so that's why, I am also very grateful to my, uh, advisor, right? Yeah, isn't that how it goes? And then you have Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen, Tsai Ing-wen. He said, "Well, you, your, now the president is also Lai Ching-te. You, you, you talk about Lai Ching-te, Lai Ching-te, Lai Ching-te instead, let's see what Lai Ching-te does?" But it feels like Lai Ching-te doesn't, have much to be picked on either, he's doing very well, um, is a doing, doing a very, very good president.

Uh, when Chiang Wan-an encounters a problem, he only wants to understand it as quickly as possible, because there is absolute zero tolerance, yet he fails to propose any solutions. Um, he, he, I feel like he doesn't understand anything either, I mean I have never seen a mayor with such a deficiency in knowledge, he just doesn't try. Because actually, looking at his insights and statements regarding drugs and, those medications, it's very obvious, first, he's a layman, and second, he is unwilling to try to understand.

It's just very—you, you know that feeling? It's like having insufficient knowledge, yet stubbornly insisting on talking about it, stubbornly trying to package it, when he clearly knows where his standards are. And then he said, "Do you know your degree is not a doctoral degree? Everything can be looked up." And once you look it up, you find that there's still forgery on the Legislative Yuan's website, degree forgery, claiming you have that academic doctorate SJD, when in reality you only have a JD, just this professional degree. So, so—how do you look at this? I think, oh god, oh god! How could the people of Taipei elect someone like this? However, you know, I think he managed to win in 2020, uh, in 20, let me think, when was he elected? 2022, right, now 2022, he was elected in 2022, simply because Taipei had a three-way race.

Because back then, the Taiwan People's Party, the Taiwan People's Party's Huang Shan-shan was also quite attractive to the people of Taipei, she was also quite an attractive candidate. Then the Democratic Progressive Party had Chen Shih-chung, and the Kuomintang had Chiang Wan-an, it was just among those three, and plus he only won by a tiny margin. Because the people of Taipei are not, are not fools either, they are not fools, they knew, they knew to try not to vote for this person as much as possible. Uh, but anyway, that's how it is, I think it's just paved over now.

You know what? On one hand, I'm really afraid of losing weight, you know, whenever there's a chance—my, my viewers would feel relieved. Whenever there's a chance, I won't vote. No, unless everyone goes to vote very seriously, I'm afraid there won't be a chance. Let's just put it this way. Linsen North Road and the parasols can't even be handled properly, I think those parasols are basically just—you know what? Using that African meme saying, "Corruption is bad, but I'm not involved in it."

It's just, it's obviously a, a corrupt thing! Cutting down trees, and then building those super ugly parasols that break easily, they're really, really terrible. And besides, Taipei already has so little green space, so little green space, it's all just concrete. I really feel like, Taipei, Taipei just doesn't look like a capital city should, it really doesn't look like a capital city should. And especially those cockroaches!

Cockroaches, mice, so filthy! Oh god, it's filthy! And this is the capital of Taiwan, the capital of Taiwan has a slacker mayor. Look, that's not how you say it, instead of saying slacker, you call him a useless mayor, he's just slacking off, literally doing nothing, and then whenever a scandal breaks out, he just tries to look cool and strike a pose.

Well, then, it's like, using, uh, Chiang Wan-an, I told you, municipal issues cannot be solved by striking a pose. Municipal issues cannot be solved by striking a pose, you know? You are not Lee Da-hye, you are not that Lin Chi-ling, or, that su-, super famous model, you striking a pose won't solve anything. Just, I look at it and I feel, my god, it's, it's, it's that this person exists, it's that this person exists, and then they think, ah, he looks good from that angle, and then everyone will vote for him, no they won't.

When a typhoon comes, it gets cut up, yeah, the parasol is just like that. And the trees, why are you cutting down trees? Why are you cutting down trees? You know? Honestly, regarding Ko Wen-je, who was the worst mayor during those eight years, I was saying, give me back my pedestrian bridge, give me back my pedestrian bridge, you give me back my pedestrian bridge. The pedestrian bridge near our house was, was demolished by Ko, it's rotten. And then Chiang Wan-an, give me back my trees, you give me back my trees.

Ah! My god! Good morning Atan, good morning everyone. Hello everyone, Li He, Li He, Wa He, Da Jia Long He. That's so memorable, right, so interesting. Li He, Wa He, Da Jia Long He. Right, you know? The KMT is just a bunch of clowns, one Li He Wa He, Da Jia Long He, and then the other one is that.

Um, oh, everything can be found on the internet. I didn't eat that much pork, um, well, I did eat it. Ah, my god! Hearing this makes my heart feel so tired. And let's see, this time, everyone really needs to vote carefully, everyone needs to vote carefully. I also told my wife at home, we need to vote carefully, let Taipei change hands and see, let Taipei finally have a normal mayor, instead of a straw-bag mayor.

Okay, then, let's talk about international things, very happy, very happy. The F-16Vs have arrived in Taiwan, and Trump, he is now also trying to slap the Democratic Party in the face, and also trying to slap those other democratic countries in the face. It's just that the F-16Vs have arrived, and that F-16V is one specifically made for Taiwan, it is one manufactured specifically to fit Taiwan's environment. And Trump said directly, look, you people who doubted Trump.

Only Trump, and only the Republican Party, can provide the most advanced military equipment to Taiwan. This is Trump's word, this is Trump's word. So at this time, we really need to say thank you, thank you President Trump for his consistent support for Taiwan. And Trump's dealings with Poland are also getting deeper and deeper. In the future, we may soon see that the permanent troops in Poland will expand, the US permanent troops in Poland will also expand. And look, Poland got the F-35, and Taiwan also got the F-16V.

Blue and White camps will say there, oh, but the F-16V, clearly the F-35 is more advanced, why would the US give the F-16V? You have to look at Taiwan's terrain, you have to look at Taiwan's environment, and you have to look at the overall US strategy. Nearby in Okinawa, there is the largest deployment of F-35s in the Indo-Pacific region, and every time the US conducts joint operations, you need different military branches and different equipment and armaments to fight in coordination. And at this time, Taiwan is suitable for the F-16V.

It was even specifically modified for you, this F-16V modification. If you want to understand this part, you can also listen to Legislator Wang Ting-yu, he analyzed it very well. You can also listen to Uncle Toffer, he is a military expert, right. But politically speaking, the political implication is also very significant. Trump will continue to support Taiwan, and regardless of whether the US Democratic Party or Republican Party is in power, in fact, the US will always fulfill its commitments to Taiwan. And the recent actions of the Republican Party are also more direct, and also make it easier for everyone to see. So this is to thank the US, it is Taiwan-US friendship.

At the same time, the Coast Guard Administration very bravely drove away the CCP bandit vessels, and I look at it and feel satisfied. Tax money should be spent on these things, to let the CCP also know that Taiwan is not made of plastic, and also to let the people of the CCP know where Taiwan's territorial waters are, and that the CCP cannot intervene. But, those CCP influencers, those CCP opinion leaders, what they say is very undisguised. You can go watch that, the one the Blue and White camps released.

There's something called what? There was an interview with a Chinese internet drama, a pro-Blue pundit. And I heard that influencer of theirs say they want to liquidate, using the word liquidate. They want to liquidate the Coast Guard Administration, and he also said he agreed, that after the CCP occupies Taiwan, they will disband all the military. And then, the Coast Guard Administration will be liquidated. So look, the CCP, and they also say, protecting the Diaoyu Islands is all done by the CCP. The Diaoyu Islands were originally Japanese territory, what is this? They are all Japanese territory, and Japan is also an ally of Taiwan. And Taiwan also needs to protect its own territorial waters. Taiwan's enemy is not Japan. Even if Taiwan and Japan have territorial conflicts, those can be resolved slowly, can be defused. Those democratic countries can all reach a consensus, that's no problem.

However, the ones hostile to Taiwan are neither Japan, nor the Philippines, nor South Korea, but who? It is the Chinese Communist regime. Moreover, once you, the communist bandits, openly say that you want to settle accounts with the Coast Guard Administration, will any Taiwanese still believe you? They won't. Combined with a few rather absurd remarks, let's look at what Xi Jinping recently said about the 75th anniversary of the founding of the communist regime, stating that he is going to crack down on Taiwan independence forces. His phrasing is no longer the old one about not abandoning the use of force; he now says he wants to crack down on Taiwan independence forces. So what are Taiwan independence forces? Chiang Wan-an is a Taiwan independence force, and you in the Chinese Nationalist Party are all Taiwan independence forces, because once you advocate that the Republic of China has its own sovereignty.

The Republic of China is different from the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan is not a part of the People's Republic of China. To him, you are a Taiwan independence force, so you must be extremely careful about this! You must be extremely careful about this. They do not regard you as their own people; they simply view you as targets who can be locked up in concentration camps in the future. Lu Sha also said it, and Gao Zhikai also said it—those people all said that Taiwanese people will be settled accounts with, and Taiwanese people will be put into concentration camps.

And look, even that kind of pro-communist licking to an extreme degree, that person who met with communist internet influencers last time and had to apologize because his ancestors once served in the Japanese military, even saying things like my ancestors were traitors. Goodness gracious, do you know? How embarrassing! What a shameful thing! The Chinese Communist Party is just like this: it views you as something to be settled accounts with, and it never regards you as its own people.

Therefore, recently, wasn't there also a—I wrote it down, though I don't quite remember the name; he is an associate professor at Feng Chia University named Li Qize. Recently he has been writing articles advocating to talk about "one country, two systems" with the Chinese Communist Party, but at the same time he also says that the Hong Kong case was not successful, and let's see what kind of bargaining chips Taiwan can negotiate, such as no garrisoning of troops and so on. Obsidian, thank you very much for your donate, thank you very much for your donate.

But I am just making a reply to everyone regarding this matter. You say you want to bargain—under what circumstances can you bargain with him? When you have an army! Once you are unified with him, once you become the same country as him, once you are occupied by him, do you have an army? You have the National Revolutionary Army, so how do you protect yourself? The people of Hong Kong regretted it in 2019, took to the streets to protest, and as a result every single one of them was settled accounts with, because Hong Kong had no army. The only reason the Chinese Communist Party dares not directly invade right now is precisely because you can protect yourselves: first, because you have your own military, and second, because you have very powerful allies like the United States and Japan. That is just how it is. So what are you talking about with "one country, two systems"? Once you become one country with him, you lose your conscience! You are simply giving up yourself and locking yourselves in a concentration camp! This is what you Blues and Whites want, and this is what you, Chiang Wan-an, want. You already allow communist drugs to enter Taiwan and Taipei City, and in the future, you will let the Chinese communist police enter Taiwan, just like that May 19.

Thank you very much to this person, how cute, using 18K, I love 18K. Luan Liye, Luan Liye, account 7086, thank you very much, thank you very much, can't go on, can't go on, can't go on. Right, so finally, what I want to share today is pretty much this. Then I'll check everyone's comments. But first, we want to thank our—always, why? Why is there no me? I need to unhide. Okay, I have unhidden this. Then give me a moment, window capture, I need to capture another window. Google Chrome. Ah yes, got it. Yes, oh, it's there, looks pretty good. Give me a moment, I will shrink this down a bit right here. OK, I want to strongly encourage everyone! I want to strongly encourage everyone. Give me a moment, hey, where did this go? Now it's fine too, I need to center it a bit, I need to center it a bit. Ah, it's okay.

I want to strongly encourage everyone to follow the website FRATWM.org, which is the website of the Taiwan Conservative Association. The Conservative Association is a Taiwanese conservative organization, an organization of this kind of American conservatism, advocating for a stable society, traditional values, strong national defense, and closer cooperation and closer development of relations with American conservatives—basically a traditional right-wing organization. Now, if you want to understand the difference between the left and the right, you can visit the Conservative Association's website. However, I want to especially encourage everyone to check out one of their segments called "Ten Minutes to Understand the World".

Click here for 'Ten Minutes to Know the World'. Because I often... the first website I look at every day is this 'Ten Minutes to Know the World', and the second is our 'The Washington Times'. I start my day by looking at these two, and then I branch out to other readings. But if you are really very busy, actually looking at 'Ten Minutes to Know the World' is enough. You see, every day they organize the major and minor events happening internationally. Let's look at yesterday's. That is the daily international focus, for example, are there issues regarding Russia and Ukraine? Then there is the US-Ukraine joint investment fund? Then some actions by the Coast Guard in the Caribbean? Then some issues regarding Saudi Arabia? So you can see the international focus of the day. And then you can also look by different regions, things happening in the Indo-Pacific, in Europe, and even in Russia. And you can look at the Americas, that is North America and South America, and then Asia and Africa. I think it is a great website.

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Hey, what's wrong, honey? Do you have something to say? I'm about to go offline and wrap things up. Do you want to do the closing? Or share your thoughts, and we'll slowly end the livestream. Don't let your guard down, and don't get carried away either. I think we should just follow Shen Po-yang's pace. Oh, right, recently on search, it was discovered that someone was trying to use the name of Shen Po-yang's team to scam people? Yes, you can talk about this; you've been tracking the fundraising for this case. I feel like there are actually many people like this; some are direct scams, some are Chinese internet trolls, and there are also real people, like a small group that leans towards feminism. Especially this one guy, he seems to have caused trouble. Actually, back in August, I already observed that this person was acting weird. Because he always goes by the surname Wu, right? Wu, yes, surname Wu. He has many excuses, saying that although he has debts and payment orders, and although he admits that his salary gets deposited into his account every month and a portion is deducted proportionally, he claims that for the private fundraising account he opened, he has no interest in touching the money. Anyway, it's just very strange. And then he said that even if the money goes into his account, he won't use it to pay off his loans. But please, only a moron would believe that, right? Your salary and the money people give you, saying it's for renting tanks, are all mixed together, so the deductions would also be mixed, right? I've never heard of such a thing; it's just absurd. So, if you want to donate money, just go directly to Shen Po-yang's official campaign website, yes, the fundraising section, to make a political contribution. Otherwise, everyone will be breaking the law. Don't go through others; that will break the law and also harm the candidate. Please, never do such things. So, just follow Shen Po-yang's pace, that's it. At the same time, if you feel that the news we report is valuable, we have an important international conference coming up in The Hague. If you think News Hardcore is a good channel, remember one thing: we are a two-person team, my wife and I, and we also need everyone's support, because it's hard to get corporate donations, as everyone knows, the anti-communist topic, our political stance is very obvious and clear, so please support News Hardcore. And today, I also want to thank everyone very much for watching. We'll end the livestream here for now. I think we discussed quite a lot of topics today, let's just leave it at that, bye, see you again. Oh, pressed the wrong button. Wait, my end button is here, found it.