Spreaders of rumors must be repudiated
There was only one voice and one newspaper under the past authoritarian regime; the only way to avoid imprisonment was to follow the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). At the time, anyone with some sense of vigilance knew that it was necessary to read between the lines when reading the newspaper: Relocating to Taiwan actually meant fleeing there, and when a top government official asked people not to celebrate his birthday, it was a signal to start preparing their birthday celebrations. This kind of interpretation was obvious to the public. As times change, so do trends. Today, a diversity of v...