https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e43f646e-9f7d-489d-b6ed-3c223bd127af Full speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH9kwUJ5ij0 Arnaud Betrand’s comments: Angelica Oung gives an impression of how this was received in Taiwan: https://xcancel.com/AngelicaOung/status/2033374896273895871 BTW...people in Taiwan are NOT OK with this. I searched "Lai Ching-te" on Threads this morning and here are the top results, all related to these horrible comments: "How do we have such a disgusting president? Lai Ching-te is the tragedy of the Taiwanese. How can the words 'east-asia co-prosperity sphere' leave his mouth?" "I voted Tsai Ing-wen...hearing Lai describe Japanese colonialism as co-prosperity...I'm pretty disappointed." "Who is Lai Ching-te's history teacher?" "I don't want to defend the KMT white terror, but the Japanese colonial regime came with armed repression and exploitation. The Yunlin massacre and the 228 massacre should be seen as equal.", "After seeing Lai's talk, I refuse to vote DPP for life." "Taiwan is hopeless...when the president uses his ideology and misbegotten view of history to create polarization...no wonder Taiwan is full of agitation and conflict." "I want to throw up" "As a leader of our country, yet he sucks up to those who colonized us. This isn't freedom of speech but a betrayal to the Taiwanese!" You can tell from the comments that they are not all from pro-KMT voices but betrayed DPP followers as well Fri, 01 May 2026 06:15:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e43f646e-9f7d-489d-b6ed-3c223bd127af All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.