The chair of the Fukang Alliance Party, Chu Hung-yi, is set to begin a ten-year sentence on espionage charges after the loss of a Supreme Court appeal...
“White Wolf” Chang An-lo claimed on a talk show recently that his Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) has entered an agreement with the Nankunshen Daitianfu Temple and Luermen Tianho Temple in Tainan to serve as peace shelters for civilians in wartime. Chang is best known as a gangster and former political assassin for the KMT, who has since reinvented himself as a pro-China politician, returning to Taiwan after many years in jail in the US and in exile in China...
A controversy has again broken out regarding the pro-unification left in Taiwan. In particular, this scandal revolves around the strong stance that pro-unification left groups have taken in defense of “Yaya in Taiwan”, the Chinese Douyin influencer who expressed support for the military unification of Taiwan and China. Defense for Yaya has largely been framed as defense of freedom of speech–and against the DPP’s curbs on freedoms of speech in the name of security...
The Taiwanese government has placed two Chinese universities on a blacklist, preventing them from conducting academic exchanges. These universities are the Jinan University in Guangzhou, which has an enrollment of 1,500 Taiwanese nationals, and Huaqiao University in Xiamen, which has an enrollment of 600 Taiwanese nationals...
In public comments, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang stated that the government has invalidated the household registration of one individual while stating that 12 others are under investigation as to whether they have acquired Chinese nationality...
A former lieutenant general, Kao An-kuo, and five other associates were indicted earlier this month for efforts to form a paramilitary organization that would act to sabotage the Taiwanese government in wartime. The six suspects are currently being held incommunicado...
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Interior called for the dissolution of the China Unification Promotion Party. This proves a notable move, in that it proves rare for the government to dissolve political parties on grounds apart from lack of updating relevant contact information, or handing in the necessary documents to stay in operation. This includes political parties that are pro-unification...
The Am Kehnn Cultural Workshop, an organization dedicated to cultural preservation efforts, stated on Facebook earlier this month that Beijing had sought to use United Front tactics to influence historical preservation efforts in Taiwan. This would be through funding projects to create public spaces in Taiwan, with the aim of influencing the end product...
Concerns regarding Chinese attempts to interfere in Taiwanese elections are in the news again after a wave of unusual activity reported by moderators of well-known Facebook pages with a pro-Taiwan slant. Namely, moderators of such pages report being approached by unusual Facebook accounts, asking them if they would be willing to sell their pages...
