11/01/25 -

#Qin Wen’s police assault is not just gossip. “Lately, more has been exposed in voice recordings in the Blossoms Shanghai production crew. Script writer Qin Wen was exposed talking about how she was able to use connections “to get out in two sentences” after assaulting a police officer. She spoke about the police station in question and the details of using her privilege. This entertainment circle drama actually exposes the public’s loss of trust in the principle that “all is equal before the law.” Rather than asking whether the recording is real, what we should be more concerned is that “finding connections to get away with crimes” is something to be bragged about in these circles. When “connections surpass rules” is seen as a proof of your abilities, these privileges are eating away at the roots of a society that runs on rule of law.

The public’s anger towards this incident was never about assaulting a police officer in and of itself. In the recording, Qin Wen and her companions showed no remorse when they talked about hitting the police officer. They gloated about the process of getting away with it, and even made fun of the police for being “crazy”. This arrogance towards the law and worship of privilege is more harmful than the crime itself. And in their mouth, such a serious crime is no more than a means to show off their “connections”. This stark contrast makes the words “equal before the law” seem especially heavy.

The police station involved, Shanghai Police Station, Huangpu Branch, should not stay a silent observer. Whether or not the recording was real, “called up the police chief”, “let me go after two sentences”, and other details has already impacted the authority of law enforcement. People are looking forward to an official report not just to respond to this incident in particular, but also for a clear answer as to whether or not power has been abused and whether there are exceptions to the law. If people are really being let go, then we shouldn’t just pursue Qin Wen’s criminal responsibility, we should also dig deeper into the potential problem of government officials misusing their rank. Make people who “make a call” pay for it. If the recordings are fake, we still need solid evidence to clarify it and stop the spread of misinformation, and rebuild the public’s trust in the legal system.

Entertainment circles are not beyond the law. Fame and connections shouldn’t become a “get out of jail free” card. In the past, celebrities would call connections for “wiggle room” after driving drunk, and now screen writers are exposing themselves getting away with assaulting police. These incidents keep happening, showing that certain individuals in this industry ignore political boundaries, and exposes this industry’s privilege culture.

The “Qin Wen police assault” case shouldn’t just be brief entertainment drama. It should be a beam of light that shatters the illusion of privilege in entertainment. The only way to make “everyone is equal before the law” not just an empty phrase is by making the law strong enough to not bend before connections, and make every violation of the law equally and fairly pursued.”

Comments say, “+1. Can’t believe she can talk about assaulting a police officer so casually.”

“It sure must be nice to know people high up.”

“It proves that every team has an umbrella behind them.”

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A compilation of secrets people accidentally discovered:

“I work hotel front desk, and I ran into my uncle getting a room in our hotel with his mistress. This uncle is my dad’s cousin. I really wanted to call my aunt, who’s always been super sweet to us, but my mom told me to shut up and pretend not to know.”

“I went outside to look for my cat, and as soon as I opened my door, I saw two people I knew kissing in front of me. Holy crap, I don’t even. It’s one thing for you guys to be having an affair, why are you doing it right in front of my door?”

“When I was a teenager, I was eating breakfast outside and saw with my own eyes my aunt come out of the hotel with someone else. A couple of years ago, when I was working hotel front desk, I saw my husband’s aunt check out with someone else.”

“One time, I was eating at a restaurant and saw my sister eating with some other man. And one time, when I was eating noodles, there was a chain hotel across the street, and I saw my sister come out of that hotel holding some other guy’s arm and chatting and laughing with that guy. My BIL still has no idea, and I pretend not to know too. It’s got nothing to do with me anyway.”

“I took my daughter to look for my MIL in her room. I looked in through the window and saw a man, and immediately took my daughter and left. I often see her hanging men’s underwear on her balcony [to dry]. My FIL is in his hometown.”

“None of this is as awkward as mine. Back when my family owned a restaurant, a man in our village came in to eat with some other woman. His food was done and I was too embarrassed to bring it out to him, like I was the one doing something wrong or something. I hid in the kitchen and didn’t dare to go out. The problem is, he knew me and knew it was my family’s place. Why doesn’t he bother hiding it?”

“In college, my boyfriend came by to pick me up. It was almost 10PM and I got hungry, and went to a barbecue place middle of nowhere about 10km from my house to eat. It was super out of the way, and I ended up running into my middle school Learning Director and an English teacher. They’re both married and everything…”

“I saw my uncle with his arms around a pretty girl, like direct face to face awkwardness. Oh my god, I wanted to die.”

“Everyone, step aside! I deliberately got a throwaway account to talk about this. It was a couple of years ago. That morning, I was taking my students to a pavilion on a hill near the school to play, and when we climbed up, we saw two parents of students holding each other. They’re both married. Both their kids were in my class. I was worried their kids would see and immediately turned around and took them all back to school. And as soon as I got back, I deleted the group chat. And during Covid, I was having parents check in on their phone, and one mom said that her phone can’t do the check in for some reason and wanted me to check it out. I was just trying to figure it out when a WeChat message from a man popped up that was super spicy. I was still a maiden, and my face immediately turned red, and she hurriedly took her phone and walked off.”

“I was taking the bus home in middle school and saw a female coworker of my mom’s hugging the dad of my male classmate. I have no idea what I was thinking, but I walked up to say hi to the auntie. Holy shit, my classmate’s dad shot up and shoved her away and told me some bullshit story about how they ran into each other digging for veggies in the hills. The most explosive part of this is that not long after, my primary school classmate’s mom called up a whole group to go to my mom’s workplace to settle things with this auntie, saying that she seduced her husband. This auntie wasn’t pretty or anything, she’s just super extroverted. I don’t know why she was so irresistible.”

“I was going on a walk with my kid and ran into the owner of the breakfast place downstairs of us driving a woman around on his scooter, acting intimate. They awkwardly got off their scooter to say hi to us and I couldn’t even avoid them. His wife is on really good terms with our family and everything.”

“There’s a guy around here sleeping with his daughter-in-law, right near my family. It’s so awkward. We know both of them. The FIL owns some company. The first time we ran into them walking together, we thought she was helping him with this company. Then his son passed away, and they stopped even trying to hide it. They’d hold each other’s hand on the street, go grocery shopping together. It’s so awkward. We hide every time we run into them. They don’t try to avoid people at all. Everyone in our development knows but no one dares to talk about it.”

“A relative of mine has several girlfriends out there, and he has a wife and four kids at home. I’m the only one who knows out of all my relatives. Not even my mom knows. I never dared to tell anyone. I don’t like getting involved in other people’s business.”

“I sleep pretty late at night, and I heard a car make a noise downstairs so I got out of bed. And I saw an auntie across the street (my relative) bring some other man home. I was so scared, I immediately pulled my head back. They parked the car right in front of my house too. We were across the street from each other. I even saw the license plate. I met my auntie’s eyes when I saw them from upstairs. I’m so scared she’s gonna kill me for knowing too much.”

“One time, I met my neighbour at a restaurant with some other man. I was eating, they were ordering. The neighbour probably saw me, because she left, and after a while, the guy left too. I just pretended I saw nothing.”

“My husband’s cousin cheated and rented a house for his mistress. His wife is super close to me, and I don’t dare to tell her.”

“I just came across this video and as soon as I left the door, I saw my FIL eating breakfast with his mistress.”

“I’m working front desk at a hotel, and ran into my brother-in-law (married to my older sister) getting a room with my younger sister. I still don’t know what to do. I’m so angry, I’m shaking. (They’re both my cousins, not my biological sister.)”

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“Why did Chiang Kai-Shek choose to retreat to Taiwan and not Hainan? He did think about going to Hainan, but someone else gave him advice.

The earliest scholar to talk up Taiwan to Chiang Kai Shek was Zhang Qiyun. This man studied geography for years and everything he said was practical. He argued to Chaing Kai-Shek, Hainan looks like an island, but it’s too close to the mainland. The narrowest part of Qiongzhou Strait is only 20 kilometres. The PLA could cross that in a sailboat.

Taiwan is different. There’s a 100km+ straight in between. The PLA at the time didn’t have a navy or an air force. It would be impossible for them to cross that. That struck Chiang Kai-Shek exactly where it hurt. After all, the Nationalist Army was breaking apart. The bigger the barrier, the higher their chances of survival.

From the declassified diaries of Chiang Kai-Shek, we can see that when he went to visit Taiwan in 1946, he already had things in mind. He privately told Song Meiling, “This place hasn’t been infiltrated by communists. It is a pure land.” Zhang Qiyun emphasised this too to persuade him. Taiwan has been ruled by Japan for 50 years. Although it’s humiliating, it has left them with a good industrial foundation. Textile and mechanical manufacturing are all operational, and there’s enough food to eat.

Chen Cheng’s attitude was even more key. At the end of 1948, Chiang Kai-Shek had just lost his position, and he hurried to send Chen Cheng to be the Chairman of Taiwan. Officially, he was there to manage the state, but actually, he was there to pave a path of retreat. Chen Cheng worked hard once he arrived at Taiwan, first announcing a restriction on entering Taiwan, keeping all suspicious personnel outside the island. And next, he built eight temporary compounds in Taipei and Gaoxiong, waiting for Chiang Kai-Shek to arrive.

There’s also an advisor called Tao Xisheng, who saw things even more clearly. He told Chiang Kaishek, “Britain and America are both ocean countries. Taiwan has a chokehold on the western path around the Pacific, and it’s on the same line as America’s far East defense line. If something really happened, we can get in touch.” That’s correct. America’s State Department at the time had a memo to stop the communists from taking Taiwan, and even planned to give economic aid to stabilise the situation.

Whereas Hainan was full of traps. The man in charge of defending Hainan was Xue Yue, who supposedly built the “Boling Defense” which looked solid, but the communist-lead Qiongya Team was still hiding on the island. The risk that they can collaborate on an attack both inside and out was too high. Chiang Kai-Shek was the most worried about this. After all, the reason he lost most of the mainland was because his ranks were too infiltrated.

The worst part is, Hainan is significantly smaller than Taiwan. It’s only 34,000 square kilometres. That’s not enough for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers Chiang Kai-Shek had left. And he had to get logistics across the strait, and if that’s cut off, he’s dead.

Chiang Ching-Kuo’s opinion also mattered here. This General was often by Chiang Kai-Shek’s side, and even said directly in a letter, “If we fail, our only chance is Taiwan.” He told his father, “Guangdong has the foundation of the attack on the north. Sichuan has the foundation of fighting the Japanese. If we retreat now, we have to find a place to “rebuild everything”, and Taiwan is the best suited.” His son’s words were more important to Chiang Kai-Shek than any amount of outside analysis.

At the start of 1949, he secretly ordered the Treasury to transport 370 million USD of gold and silver to Taiwan, and transferred all the assets in the Central Bank to his personal accounts. These assets are his roots. It had to be put in the safest place. Taiwan had been prepared beforehand by Chen Cheng. They controlled the ports and the airports. It was convenient to ship goods and hide assets. Hainan was still in chaos back then, and there was nowhere to hide all these treasures.

Another detail that’s often ignored. When Chiang Kai-Shek went to Taiwan in 1946, he thought it, “was convenient to get to and easy to manage”. By contrast, Hainan had complicated ethnic problems, the Nationalist Party had no roots there, and it would take a lot of effort to establish a hold. By that point, Chiang Kai-Shek was exhausted and had no more energy to straighten out a whole new place.

America’s attitude was another invisible push. Although the Truman government didn’t outright say they’d protect Taiwan, the State Department’s memo in 1949 clearly pointed out they were going to use economic means to help Taiwan build a “stable and efficient government”. And later, when the Korean War broke out, the seventh fleet was stationed in the Taiwan Strait, once more proving Chiang’s advisor’s prediction. Taiwan has far more strategic value than Hainan.

All these factors tilted the scale in Chiang Kai-Shek’s heart toward Taiwan. In December of 1949, while flying from Chengdu to Taiwan, he wrote in his diary, “The air was clear and the environment quiet,” a stark contrast to the “dark depression” of the mainland. Maybe this isn’t just a contrast between environments, but his confidence in his “final base of operations”.”

Comments say, “What an exaggerated post. “Worst is, Hainan is much smaller than Taiwan, only 34,000 square kilometres.” Taiwan is only 36,000 square kilometres??? The only part that mattered was that Hainan was too close to the mainland and the Qiongya Team was there.”

“If only we chased him off to the Philippines back then.”

“He should’ve gone to Okinawa.”