Chinese military threats directed at Taiwan

Taiwan Affairs Office’s “Hired Thugs” List Reveals Beijing’s Priorities At Present

Brian Hioe
China has updated its list of Taiwanese independence advocates that it sanctions. In particular, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) announced last month that it has opened a new mailbox for individuals to report tips on what are termed “Taiwanese independence hired thugs”. According to the TAO, it has received 323 reports to date. Eleven individuals are listed as “hired thugs”...
April 2025Cross StraitEnglishInternationalPolitics6 min read

Proposal of Chinese “Kill List” of Taiwanese Independence Advocates Meant to Intimidate

Brian Hioe
Chinese nationalist essayist and blogger Zhou Xiaoping recently proposed a resolution at a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for China to draw up a list of “Taiwanese separatists” to be killed during a “Special Military Operation” to take Taiwan. Zhou later claimed that the resolution had been adopted, though this could have been a way for Zhou to claim his own political relevance...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMarch 20238 min read