The political saga around TPP legislator Li Zhen-xiu, the first China-born legislator in contemporary times, came to a bizarre turn last month with Li’s expulsion from her party. As Li is a party list legislator, following expulsion from the TPP, that means that she will lose her status as a legislator...
The KMT courts controversy once again, with plans by the party to fast-track a bill that could allow PRC nationals to take up public office without giving up their original nationality...
A proposal from the Ministry of the Interior would require Chinese spouses of Taiwanese applying for permanent residency in Taiwan to provide a notarized certificate showing that they do not have or are not applying for a Chinese passport, as well as that they have already given up their Chinese passport. This proves the latest move by the Lai administration to tighten legal regulations applying to Chinese spouses of Taiwanese residing in Taiwan...
With the Lai administration moving to crack down on the number of Taiwanese who also hold Chinese national IDs–something forbidden by ROC law and requiring such individuals to give up their Taiwanese nationality or forfeit their Chinese national ID–this has also applied to Chinese spouses of Taiwanese. Such individuals are required to give up their Chinese household registration if they wish to maintain their “settlement residency” in Taiwan...
