Chapter 11 1986

In 1986, both Taiwan and the world were wonderful.What impressed the children most was the orange rocket "Challenger" of the United States, which lifted off in the excited tone of the live broadcaster, and exploded a minute later.Seeing such a picture, everyone was dumbfounded.Back then, there were a lot fewer children who said they would be astronauts in the future. In February, Mrs. Coralón was elected president of the Philippines, and Marcos, who had ruled the Philippines under high pressure for a long time, went into exile in the United States.This incident greatly shocked the Kuomintang, and also gave great encouragement to those outside the party.

In addition to political incidents, two incidents initiated by the people in 1986 also had an impact on the cohesion of ethnic minorities in Taiwan, and impacted the people's long-standing ideology, that is, the anti-DuPont movement and the Tang Yingshen case. In the history of Taiwan, in addition to the people who immigrated over the past few hundred years, there were also ethnic minorities who originally lived in Taiwan.For a long time in the past, they were called "mountain compatriots", or "mountain compatriots" for short. For a long time, the authorities have neglected them, resulting in an extreme lack of resources in any aspect, and the number of "mountain compatriots" in Taiwan is also very small, which can be regarded as a relatively special group.The lack of educational resources also makes them generally not well-educated, and they enter the society young and energetic.Since they have no diplomas, all they can choose are menial jobs: construction workers, porters, sailing and so on.And women are often reduced to prostitutes and child prostitutes.In the following years, the issue of child prostitution has also been the focus of social movements.

It was against this background that the Tang Yingshen incident occurred.Tang Yingshen was originally a student of a normal school. After being treated unreasonably by the school instructors, he was expelled from school and came to Taipei to look for a job. Unexpectedly, nine days after finding a job, he killed the entire family of his employer. Although he voluntarily surrendered, he was still sentenced. death penalty.As the case became clearer, public opinion became more and more supportive of Tang Yingshen. It turned out that after Tang Yingshen came to Taipei, he was introduced by an agency to work as a handyman in a laundry shop. The boss forcibly withheld his ID card on the grounds that he had paid a high introduction fee first.Tang Yingshen just worked in this stuffy and hot environment where he was forced to work for more than 18 hours a day.He endured and wanted to leave within a few days. The boss and his wife not only refused, but also took out Tang Yingshen's ID card in their hands, threatened that he owed money and had not paid it back, and insulted him.A quarrel occurred during this, coupled with the catalyst of a little alcohol, Tang Yingshen finally made a big mistake.

Tang Yingshen's experience was something that mountain folks often encountered when they were looking for a job. Generally, employers thought they were easy to bully and discriminated against them, so the Tang Yingshen incident was a tipping point.Why did such a young man with no criminal record and good performance in school make such a mistake?The society began to discuss this issue, and a rescue operation was launched, whether it was outside the party, social movement circles, or religious circles.Although Tang Yingshen deserved what he deserved, on the other hand, what everyone is reviewing is the disregard and discrimination adopted by the entire deformed and distorted society towards ethnic minorities, as well as the invisible and invisible exclusion, which does not give them a reasonable living space, etc.

Later, Tang Yingshen died, but after this incident, the society began to pay attention to the issues of the mountain people: whether the society treats them fairly, whether it has always had a kind of prejudice against them, and whether it has respected their actual needs and demands. In addition, this year's "anti-DuPont" is also an enlightenment for the environmental movement.All developing countries must have experienced such a period when environmental protection issues conflicted with economic development policies.Those who support the priority of economic development believe that the people's economic development is the most important issue, and some environment can be sacrificed.Environmentalists believe that once the environment is damaged, no amount of money will be able to save it in the future.This kind of problem is often black and white in traditional thinking, so it is also debated endlessly.

The first large-scale environmental movement in Taiwan was the anti-DuPont case.Everyone knows that DuPont is an international chemical company. At the beginning, they decided to set up a chemical plant in an industrial area near Lukang (the one in Lukang in Luo Dayou's song "Lukang Town"), but the products were highly polluting. The items are harmful chemicals, which caused mass protests from local residents.Later, the voices of opposition became louder and louder. At that time, the protesters fought against the authorities vigorously and used various means to boycott DuPont's establishment of a factory. This was the first time in Taiwan's history.

Later, DuPont announced the cancellation of its plan to set up a factory in Lukang, which became the first event in Taiwan where a foreign company terminated its investment plan due to environmental protection protests.Of course, if we look at the above-mentioned viewpoint that environmental protection issues are opposed to economic development, it is still difficult to say whether DuPont's suspension of investment and the subsequent impact were good or bad for Taiwan.However, this incident represents the budding of Taiwanese people's awareness of environmental protection, and it is a milestone in the history of social movements in Taiwan.After this incident, the powerful energy of various related social movements such as labor movement, student movement, and media movement was released.

In 1987 the following year, the authorities established the Environmental Protection Agency. Before the founding of the DPP, various activities inside and outside the party system have been held frequently, and these are still within the tolerance of the KMT.On the other hand, it was rumored that Chiang Ching-kuo also deliberately took advantage of the collision of these non-Party people to coerce some conservative diehards in the Kuomintang.For example, Zhu Gaozheng at that time, what impressed everyone most about him was that he jumped onto the rostrum in the "Legislative Yuan", unplugged the microphone and threw it around, affecting the order of the parliament. It was shocking at the time, but he was not punished every time.Chiang Ching-kuo has always wanted to do more in political openness, but the conservative forces in the "National Congress" are too large. Zhu Gaozheng's actions are just to deal with those anti-reform old representatives who have never changed their minds.

On September 28 of this year, various non-party organizations held a meeting in the Yuanshan Hotel in the name of non-party support associations, and announced the establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party.At present, everyone will feel that the DPP seems to be full of factions, such as the Beautiful Island faction, the New Trend faction, and the Justice Connection.Therefore, at the beginning of its establishment, the DPP was just a large-scale integration of various organizations outside the party in order to fight against the Kuomintang. But at that time the ban on the party had not yet been lifted, that is to say, the law did not allow the formation of a party at all, so the establishment of the DPP not only shocked the society, but also caused a high degree of political tension.Are the authorities going to suppress or follow the trend of reform?This has attracted the attention of all parties.It is said that as soon as the Democratic Progressive Party was established, the intelligence and governance department of the government immediately submitted a list of "reactionaries". Section 10” instructs the revision of the “Organization Law of People’s Organizations”, “Election and Recall Law”, and “National Security Law” to open the door to Taiwan’s democratic “constitutional government”.The Kuomintang dignitaries questioned it one after another. Some said: "This may cause our party to lose power in the future!" Jiang Jingguo said: "There is no permanent ruling party in the world."

At that time, I was eating noodles in a snack bar with my family, and the news was reported on TV.Although it was taken quickly, the expression of the uncle sitting across from me who was dumbfounded and forgot to eat noodles has always been imprinted in my mind.The boss was thinking about it, shouting how is it possible, how is it possible, and forgot to continue.But later I could see that he was in a very good mood at that time, shouting "Come on! Down with the Kuomintang!" Every time at this time, his wife would give him a glare and tell him to shut up. I didn't expect him to be more excited Higher, "I am frightened, I am frightened to death, go!" (I am not afraid of being closed, not afraid of death).Sure enough, a man only has one mouth when he reaches middle age.At that time, the people were like this. They didn't necessarily really like the DPP, but just hated the KMT. The establishment of the DPP seemed to be a sigh of relief for themselves.

In the first two years since the establishment of the DPP, as long as the DPP was mentioned, the newspapers almost always wrote about the DPP or XJD, making it look like a chaotic party.In fact, in those few years, the DPP gave people a radical impression, fighting against the Kuomintang ruling authorities through many street parades and other means, so many people also called the DPP a "street party."But with the Kuomintang in control of all resources, the DPP can only use this method to attract everyone's attention, and then pay attention to their demands. In the election of "legislators" and "National Congress" representatives that year, the DPP won 20% of the votes.After the establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party, it gave great encouragement to dissidents, and it also started a wave of overseas dissidents returning to their hometowns. Yuanshan Zoo is a fond memory of many Taipei citizens.The Yuanshan Zoo in the urban area and the children's playground next to the Keelung River are places where many citizens go on holidays.There are many hawkers selling tea eggs, shochu snails, and pickled guava at the entrance of the park. After visiting the zoo, you can also eat snacks in the basement of the nearby municipal radio station.When I was a child, going to the zoo was like looking forward to going on a pilgrimage. In the zoo, the elephant Lin Wang is always the most famous animal star, and may also be the oldest animal in the zoo. In front of its fence, there are always a group of children shouting.Every year on Lin Wang's birthday, the zoo will prepare a big cake for him to eat, and he always sticks out his long nose to take the cake away sensibly.Because the elephant Lin Wang is so famous, for a long time, many people thought that the only elephants in the zoo were Lin Wang and his wife Ma Lan. This elephant is also really long-lived. It lived for a total of 86 years. It traveled from the Yunnan-Burma Highway in the southwest to Hunan and Guangdong, and finally came to Taiwan. With the growth of many Taiwanese, it has spanned several eras and has become Taiwan. One of the common historical memories of mankind. At that time, the Yuanshan Zoo used railings to keep animals in captivity. The space allocated to each animal was not large, and the animals lay lazily in it. No matter how much the children yelled and teased, it just showed you a look of indifference.In addition to Linwang, Monkey Island is also a very eye-catching place. There are no railings, and monkeys are playing happily on the island.Children always like to throw things at the Monkey King, but every time they are deftly flashed by it, its expression seems to say "stupid human beings", and sometimes it sees its "escort" and throws things back.Once, there was an extra dog on Monkey Island for some reason, but the dog was being teased by the monkeys all the time, looking innocent. Yuanshan Zoo is really too small, and there is not enough space for animals. Finally, this year, it will move to Muzha in the outskirts, where the entire hill is the zoo site.Thus, all the animals in the zoo were put into special containers and boarded the car. The whole convoy was led by floats and passed most of Taipei City.That was a big event back then. The crowd supported the old and the young to welcome it, and many teachers also led their students to perform in line. At that time, Rolling Stone Records specially made a song for this move, called "Happy Paradise", which was sung by all the stars of Rolling Stone. The first line "The trunk of the elephant is soaring..." refers to Lin Wang. Later, when we arrived at Muzha, the venue there was huge, covering the entire mountain, and it took an afternoon to walk around it. It is known as the largest in Asia.The captive animal place has also become an open space, with several themed large museum areas, where visitors can walk through the butterfly and bird paradise on the trail.The African lion's home is bigger, but they are still lazy.Lin Wang also has more space to walk.In recent years, star animals such as koalas (koalas) and king penguins have also caused a wave of enthusiasm.But after Lin Wang's death, there was still a emptiness left for everyone. When I heard this news, I thought of that old friend who performed in front of me again.There seems to be no iconic animal in the zoo now, so some people are looking forward to pandas.