Gu Lixiong (middle), head of the defense department of the Taiwanese government, attended the "100th Anniversary of the Founding of Huangpu University". (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network")
According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network" report on June 17, Gu Lixiong, head of the defense department of the Taiwan authorities, accompanied Lai Qingde to attend the centenary anniversary of the Taiwan Army Military Academy. When Gu Lixiong was doing the armrest salute, he looked around and then put his hand down for a time, and then put his hand back on his chest. He seemed a little at a loss.
Zhang Yanting, the former "deputy commander" of the Taiwan Air Force, said in an interview with Taiwan's "Zhongtian News" on the 16th that Gu Lixiong had a slight look at Han Guoyu, the head of Taiwan's legislative body. Guoyu had something in his hand and could not move. When Gu Lixiong saw that Guo Yu had no movement, he put his hand down. In fact, he wanted to salute at this time. He could see the "Army Commander" on the left raised his hand in salute because he was wearing a military uniform.
Zhang Yanting went on to say that Gu Lixiong was a literati officer. It might be his first time and he had no experience, so he didn’t know what to do. It was also wrong for him to refer to Han Guoyu. Hanguo Yu did not move when holding something, he just paid attention to it. Gu Lixiong had nothing in his hands and should give an armrest salute. After referring to Han Guoyu, he also raised his hands, indicating that he was not skilled enough in this aspect.
Zhang Yanting pointed out that because Gu Lixiong had no experience and had been involved in complex ceremonies before, he didn't know what to do. After he performs the armrest salute, he should not put it down again, and do not care about others. Just wait until the ceremony is over, then put it down again, no matter how wrong it is.
Zhang Yanting pointed out that in fact, Gu Lixiong was right originally, but when he put it down, he was wrong again. Gu Lixiong has no experience. This is his first time. He just needs to do more homework in this aspect, because many things in the army are details, and the devil hides in the details. [Source: China Jingwei Network]
