China has once again been issuing orders to an international organization, which, as usual, afraid of disobeying China's "imperial decrees," belittled and oppressed Taiwan on China's behalf. This time, that organization was the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and the target was Taiwan's first lady Wu Shu-jen (
In fact, the name of any international organization could be substituted for the IPC. Each time Taiwan participates in an international event, all China has to do to humiliate Taiwan is to apply a little pressure, making it appear that there is no room for international justice or humanism. As even the lofty Paralympics are sacrificed on China's political altar, it seems the whole world is being lead by China's tyranny.
China and the world won't even leave a disabled Taiwanese woman in peace! We really do live in a world that bullies the weak and fears the strong.
To our knowledge, the primary goal of the Paralympic Games is to highlight the athletes' spirit and to encourage the disabled. It is a symbolic way of saying that the world has space for them. Not only do the nation's athletes actively participate in the sports event, Taiwan has also sent its first lady to lead the delegation. Instead, she has been humiliated by China and the IPC, which stripped her of her status as head of the delegation, outrageously saying that the Taiwanese team leader should be Chen Lee-chou (陳李綢), the president of Taiwan's National Paralympic Committee (NPC), because Wu is only the honorary president of the organization.
The IPC pointed out that, according to the Committee's policy, a team leader should be either the president or secretary-general of each country's NPC. However, both New Zealand and Australia have also broken this rule. Their delegations are led by neither their NPC presidents nor secretaries-general.
The situation for Wu's husband, President Chen Shui-bian (
We cannot help but admire Anthony Jenkins, a lone and brave journalist. Using what little power he has as president of UNCA, he gave his full support to Chen's video conference, standing alone against the evil Chinese empire and its appendage, the UN.
Compared to Jenkins, the section chief of the UN desk in China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one Kofi Annan, is a small-minded wimp. Jenkins, the solitary hero, will be the person whose name should be remembered in the annals of international political history, not Annan. The UN has had a host of secretaries-general. Who will remember Annan?
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