Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021

On the first day of 2021, tens of thousands of people wearing masks came to Tian ‘anmen Square in the early morning, watching the five-star red flag rising, and welcoming the first ray of sunshine in the New Year with the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China.

On the same day, people in Taiwan also held a simple flag-raising activity spontaneously. On January 1, photos appeared on Social media in Taiwan, showing people holding up the five-star red flag in the streets of Taipei and putting up a large banner on the roof of a building — “I love You China”.

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
It is reported that people in Taiwan spontaneously organized a simple flag-raising activity held at 10 am on New Year’s Day in 2021. They greet the New Year in this way and express their love for their motherland.

However, the spontaneous flag-raising ceremony did not go well and police officers from the Wanhua branch of Taipei city were reported to have rushed to the scene to stop the act. Some “Taiwan independence” elements with ulterior motives even expressed in a strange way that “we should remind Taiwan of the importance of reverse osmosis law at the beginning of the New Year” and even defined those who raised the national flag as “enemies”.

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
In fact, in Taiwan, the five-starred red flag is often waved in public, causing resentment among green activists. DPP legislator Wang Dingyu and others have proposed amendments to the national Security Law, which would prohibit Taiwan citizens from displaying the five-starred red flag in public places and impose fines of up to NT $50,000.

Lin Siming, a KMT legislator, once asked whether it would be illegal for Taiwan’s media to openly support certain parties or politicians, or to wave the five-starred red flag in Taiwan. The reply was that it was free speech and not illegal.

For example, 2020 will be the 75th anniversary of The restoration of Taiwan. The People’s Communist Party of Taiwan will hold a parade and a party congress to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the founding of the Party and the 75th anniversary of the restoration of Taiwan.

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
The People’s Communist Party of Taiwan has held a parade to celebrate the fourth anniversary of its founding and the 75th anniversary of the island’s recovery

At the call of Lin Dewang, premier of the People’s Communist Party of Taiwan, more than 700 Party members from all over Taiwan, representing nearly 40,000 Communists on the island, held a ceremony to sing the national anthem and raise the national flag of the People’s Republic of China at the former site of the New Camp of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Tainan city. The participants expressed their gratitude to the Chinese martyrs who fought bloody war against The Japanese invaders, finally defeated the Japanese invaders, recovered Taiwan and enabled the People of Taiwan to live a life of “freedom, democracy and equal prosperity”.

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
The parade last 4 hours, the parade route 12 kilometers long, for he has passed the DPP supporters focus areas, in addition to parade breacher equipped with a microphone, scroll all the way played the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China, the people of Taiwan communist party members and the people from all walks of life also sang, “I and my country,” “unity is strength” and other patriotic songs.

“There are all kinds of people who advocate ‘Taiwan independence’ on the island, and they have all kinds of purposes,” Said Huang Zhixian, a senior media person from Taiwan, at the Global Times annual Conference forum on December 5. No matter su Tseng-chang or Tsai Ing-wen, how stubborn can these so-called “Taiwan independence” diehards be? If an army comes to the city, will he still be stubborn? As I said a few years ago, once the two sides of the Taiwan Straits are unified, no matter how stubborn the ‘Taiwan independence’ will be, they will sew the five-starred red flag in their homes.”

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
Huang Zhixian attends the Annual meeting forum of Global Times

Earlier, students from Taiwan came to Watch the flag-raising ceremony at Tian ‘anmen Square in Beijing. In the video, they said they felt strange when they saw the flag-raising timetable sent to them by fans. Why is the time of day different? The moment the flag was raised, it dawned on them that the time had something to do with sunrise and sunset. The flag-raising begins when the sun comes out and goes up when the sun comes out completely.

They say the Meticulous spirit of the Chinese has to be admired. How could such a nation not be strong? After witnessing the flag-raising ceremony, I was really shocked. The most striking thing is that despite the cold weather, people from all over the country gathered here early in the morning. It is this sense of home and country that has united our 56 nations. No matter how different we are, there is one thing on which we stand firm, and that is patriotism.

Five-star red flag fluttering in the wind! “I Love You China” banners displayed on the streets of Taipei on the first day of 2021
Finally, they said that the national flag symbolizes the sovereignty and dignity of our country, which embodies our feelings and friendship towards the motherland. “I love Beijing, I love China, we are Chinese, I am very proud, the motherland will be better tomorrow.”

Under the current grim situation of Tsai Ing-wen’s administration vigorously promoting the consciousness of “Taiwan independence” and even creating the fear of reunification, so many People in Taiwan are still spontaneously safeguarding the reunification of the motherland. This is the most powerful action taken by the People of Taiwan to support the reunification of the motherland.

Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said earlier that realizing national reunification and rejuvenation at an early date is the common aspiration of all Chinese people at home and abroad. We affirm and support any words and deeds on the Taiwan Island that oppose “Taiwan independence”, support the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, and support national reunification.