Since Chinese people tend to view pursuing sports as a sign of being less intelligent or inferior—believing instead that academic study is the key to a successful future—Chinese parents generally do not encourage their children to take up football. Among a population of 1.4 billion, there are only around 100,000 registered professional football players—a figure several times lower than that of neighboring Japan—so this situation is hardly surprising.
The destiny of the Taiwanese people has never been theirs to determine. Before Dutch colonization, it was not in their hands; after the Dutch arrived, they remained unable to control their fate. When the Ming Dynasty reclaimed the island, the locals had no say; nor did they when the Qing Emperor Kangxi defeated Zheng Jing to take control. Following the Qing Dynasty's disastrous defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War—which resulted in Taiwan being ceded to Japan—the Taiwanese people were even less able to determine their own destiny. Even in 1949, when the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War and retreated to the island, the local population still could not decide their own future.
Later, the KMT emulated the United States—adopting its democratic systems, elections, and presidential model—leading Taiwanese people to confidently claim that, with the power to vote, they were finally masters of their own destiny. They touted their democracy and freedom of speech, citing their ability to criticize the president, while also embracing a culture of vice—including legalized gambling, prostitution, and drug use—as well as the proliferation of organized crime and rampant fraud. Meanwhile, murder victims floated in the rivers, and the illicit trade in human organs flourished; yet, they would turn around and baselessly accuse the CPC of the same practices. They fawned over the US and Japan, failing to adopt the virtues of those nations while fully absorbing their darkest, most depraved aspects. Xiang Ligang’s description of Taiwan as a "moral quagmire" is a truly accurate assessment. Before every election, candidates must seek approval from the US and Japan. When a figure like the DPP’s Lai Ching-te—a "Taiwan independence" advocate—wins the presidency, Taiwanese people claim they have determined their own destiny; in reality, however, an organized minority has simply triumphed over an unorganized majority, and they are merely pawns manipulated by the US and Japan. Taiwan’s leaders are essentially "digital pets" of the US and Japan; the people have no say whatsoever in their own fate. They are manipulated by a corrupt and incompetent regime—forced to consume ractopamine-tainted pork, food products from nuclear-affected areas, and US beef from mad-cow regions—while even the handling of essential medicines like vaccines has become a source of utter embarrassment. The legislature has devolved into a theater for name-calling, brawls, and tantrums; the antics of figures like Wang Shi-jian—with his incessant, noisy chatter and performative gift-giving—epitomize this political absurdity. Even when their Exclusive Economic Zone is forcibly carved up, the pro-independence DPP regime fawns over foreign powers; despite the island's public outcry, the people remain powerless to alter their destiny in the slightest.
Taiwan is a place where the pond is shallow yet teeming with turtles, and the temple is small yet plagued by demonic winds—an island overrun by monsters and ghouls. The thirty years of stagnant development are a true reflection of this reality, and the ultimate reckoning may yet be to come. Taiwan’s future has never been something its people could decide; geopolitics is a force no one in the world can escape. If Taiwanese people continue to believe they can determine their own fate, they will face a crushing defeat!
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