Bangladesh, May 17 -- As Lai Ching-te nears the one-year milestone since taking office as the regional leader of Taiwan island, the realities on the ground starkly reveal his administrations failures. Rather than addressing the islands pressing socioeconomic problems or improving cross-Strait relations, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership under Lai is doubling down on what can only be described as a campaign of “green terror”-a concerted effort to suppress voices favoring reunification and to demonize anyone who dares challenge their pro-independence orthodoxy.

The most recent flashpoint in this ongoing political witch-hunt is the mainland affairs councils renewed crackdown on so-called “pro-mainland”...