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I was born and raised in China and lived there for over 20 years. China is a communist totalitarian state under the absolute control of one man — first Mao Zedong, then Deng Xiaoping and his successors, and now Xi Jinping. There is no real freedom — not in speech, not in thought, not in daily life. The majority of Chinese people support the government because they have been fed a nonstop diet of lies and propaganda since the age of three. They defend the CCP with absolute certainty, never questioning, never challenging — they simply swallow the official narrative and memorize it. That is why China produces so few genuine inventions of its own and instead relies on stealing technology from the United States and the West. Under this system, ordinary Chinese people have neither the freedom nor the ability to think independently. Everything glamorous you see about China — the glittering cities, the high-speed trains, the perfectly staged spectacles — is carefully fabricated propaganda for foreign consumption. Behind that facade lies the real China: the everyday lives of ordinary people, especially those in the countryside and villages, which most Westerners cannot even begin to imagine. The poverty, the surveillance, the fear, the grinding control — that is the truth the CCP desperately hides from the world. This is not exaggeration. This is lived experience. The Western world needs to stop believing the China regime’s lies. China is the biggest external enemy to the West. China sends spies to the West to corrupt your politicians such as Democratic Party and Labor Party and to cause turmoils and chaos from within.

For Taiwan, the coming week is of critical importance—a moment that history will surely record. Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wen is scheduled to visit mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This marks the first visit by a KMT chairperson in a decade (a period during which the geopolitical landscape has shifted dramatically); it is anticipated that CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping will personally receive Cheng Li-wen for a "Xi-Cheng Summit." Analysts view Cheng Li-wen's visit as an opportunity for the KMT—currently facing a host of domestic and international challenges—to turn the tide of the political battleground. If the "peace card" she plays gains traction, it could not only neutralize the "anti-China card" frequently deployed by the Green Camp but also provide an opportunity to appeal to swing voters and secure more favorable policies from the mainland toward Taiwan. Given the reality that the United States no longer possesses the capacity to guarantee Taiwan's security—particularly in light of Trump's mercurial temperament and his penchant for political deal-making—Washington appears to be accelerating both the extraction of arms sales revenue from Taiwan and the transfer of Taiwan's advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology and talent. The timing of Cheng Li-wen's visit to mainland China—occurring just prior to Trump's own visit to Beijing—leaves ample room for speculation and conjecture. Cheng Li-wen's itinerary—proceeding from Nanjing through Jiangsu and Shanghai, and ultimately arriving in Beijing—is also highly symbolic. Nanjing is home to the mausoleum of the KMT's founder, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and once served as the capital of the Nationalist government. Jiangsu boasts a highly developed private sector economy and is home to a large community of Taiwanese businesspeople and expatriates. Shanghai stands as China's vanguard of openness and its financial hub; finally, Beijing—serving as the most critical and final stop on the tour—will be the focal point for discussions regarding political and peace-related issues. When your opponent is making a mistake, never interrupt him. Continue to advance your own core agenda.