Morrison Lee

Fucha Released, But Prevented From Returning to Taiwan

Brian Hioe
News broke earlier this month that Chinese publisher Li Yanhe, better known by his pen name of Fucha and best known as the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, has been released from imprisonment. But though he was released in May, Li has reportedly not been allowed to return to Taiwan, despite that he has been freed and has been able to meet with family members...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2026Politics4 min read

Detention of Taiwanese Pro-Unification Advocate in China for Over 420 Days Raises Worrying Possibilities

Brian Hioe
The revelation that Taiwanese academic Tsai Chin-shu has been detained by China for over 420 days should be highly worrying. That Tsai was detained for over 400 days with no information coming to light about his imprisonment suggests a higher number of Taiwanese currently detained by the Chinese government than was previously known. Likewise, Tsai was a known advocate of unification with China, suggesting that China will not only target pro-independence activists for arbitrary detention...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalSeptember 20198 min read