Within a week, the news of Zhiping Tairo became a hot topic on major platforms, especially after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs openly criticized him.
The attention of netizens from his previous remarks and positions quickly shifted to his assets in China, followed by the information disclosed by several authoritative channels showing that Mr. Pinochet still has a lot of assets in China, even involving several sets of invaluable properties and several corporate shares, which are currently all frozen.
When the news came out, many people were shocked, after all, he had long publicly declared that he had "no economic ties with China," and even said that he had "no return to China for a decade."
But from the information now disclosed, these claims are not entirely true, which has led many to begin to rethink his actions over the years.
石平 was born in Sichuan, in an ordinary family, in his youth achieved good results, and later studied at a key university in China, according to the normal development trajectory, he could have become a scholar or served at a domestic university, but in 1988, he got a scholarship to study in Japan, and since then, the wheel of fate began to turn.
In Japan, he earned a doctorate in philosophy and was notorious in academia, but what made him really famous was not his academic achievements, but a series of controversial statements he frequently published in the media.
He began to appear frequently on the platforms of Japanese right-wing media, publicly supporting some unfavorable views of China, and even expressing a clearly biased voice on some sensitive issues, and he supported Japan’s position on several occasions, a position that has been regarded by some as “courage” in Japan, but is widely regarded as “betrayal” in China.
In 2017, he officially acquired Japanese citizenship and changed his name to Ishiping Tairo, which meant he had completely given up Chinese citizenship and engaged in political and media activities as a Japanese.
Since then, his remarks have become more radical and even frequently appeared in some international media, deliberately obscuring China, a behavior that has sparked a lot of controversy and has made him the focus of public opinion attention.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized him at a routine press conference on September 8, when reporters were asked whether the speeches of Mr. Tairo represented the official position of Japan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman made it clear that any openly distorted history, denial of facts, or attack on China is unacceptable.
Although the spokesman did not give too many details, the name criticism itself has sent a clear signal that the state level is strongly opposed to the behavior of the President.
Less than a week after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' speech, information about his Chinese assets was disclosed, according to business registration information and real estate registration data cited by multiple media, he owns a set of more than 30 million apartments in Beijing, and has properties in Shanghai, Chengdu and other first and new first-line cities.
At the same time, he also holds shares in several private companies involved in the cultural, educational and technological industries, the presence of which contrasts strongly with what he previously stated in public.
He has repeatedly stated in Japanese media that he has long been “definitely cut off with China” and claimed that “there is no penny of assets” in China, but from the current disclosure, these claims are inaccurate, and more importantly, these assets are not just acquired, but have been in possession long before he joined Japanese citizenship.
According to current laws and regulations, foreigners who own assets in China are subject to regulation, especially those involved in improper speech or endangering national security, and their economic activities in China will be restricted, which is why the relevant departments have frozen the handling of these assets in accordance with law.
It is worth noting that Shipping Tauro is not an individual case, and in the past few years, there have been individual people of Chinese origin who have made inappropriate remarks against China in international media after switching to other countries' nationality.
These people often use "freedom of speech" as a shield, but in reality, it is often accompanied by complex interests. Some even gain a foothold in foreign societies by hype "China issues", such as fighting for political resources, gaining media attention, and even pursuing personal economic benefits.
Taking as an example Ishiping Tairo, he has indeed received a certain degree of attention in the Japanese right-wing circle, and he has also participated in the political activities of the Japanese conservative parties.
In 2024, he was elected to the Senate of Japan, which led to new changes in his identity. At this stage, his actions were no longer just an expression of a commentator's position, but involved actual political influence.
Within a few months after he took office, multiple controversies about him reappeared, prompting China to respond more clearly to his positions and actions, and the move to freeze assets was obviously not an isolated event, but a concentrated reaction to his long-standing words.
In addition, some media have pointed out that, although he has publicly stated that he has not returned to China for years, he has actually entered China in the past decade in a number of occasions.
Once in 2018 through the third country transferred to China, although the stay is not long, but the relevant records still exist, which also further established his "lies" behavior.
The way he attacks China in the media is not simply expressing opinions, but guiding public emotions and even creating contradictions through extreme language.
For example, in an interview, he openly questioned China's education system and governance system, and advocated Japan's "democratic culture" is superior, such remarks in times of more sensitive relations between China and Japan are often taken by external forces, aggravating misunderstandings and confrontations.
In the international public opinion field, different voices are normal, but when some people deliberately distort facts, create contradictions, and even harm the fundamental interests of the country, it is no longer a matter of "freedom of expression", but a matter of principles and bottom lines.
In today's highly transparent information, the personal historical trajectory, economic activity, social behavior can be quickly checked, and the behavior of saying one thing and doing one thing will be revealed sooner or later.
At the moment, Mr. Ishiping Tairo has not yet publicly responded to the news of the asset freeze, but it is foreseeable that under the current high level of concern, his move will be placed under a magnifying mirror, especially as a member of the Japanese parliament, and his social responsibilities and political influence will also differ from before.
The wave is not over, and whether there will be more incident exposure and whether there will be further actions by relevant departments, it is worth continuing to pay attention.