The original remarks about the overseas chinese in china was
that Taiwanese are bad, Hongkongers are cunning and Singaporean are
stupid. Take it whichever way we like.
I really wish we have a Li Ao character in Singapore. One who is a
headache for the ruling party. During the rule of KMT he was a
Taiwan Independence Element but under DDP he is anti independence
and pro one china two systems. He speaks up against the government,
and he toyed with the taboo .He was jailed for many years under
sedition law in Taiwan. He wrote over 100 books many of which
exposed social ills and most of which were censored, but people
listen to him. He does not belong to any political party but nobody
can ignore him in politics.
There are many lessons from his activities in Taiwan alone, for the
singaporean politicians, especially those in the opposition. He is
critical, witty, knowledgeable, has a strong grasp of current
affairs, courageous, confident, and he gained the support of the
people.
Li Ao's opponents are the DDP, the KMT and the CCP, don't think he
has time for singapore, so why bother about what he says. If Chen
Wen Qian and Long Yin Tai speak, then we should pay a little
attention.
