Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te held a press conference yesterday to warn of Chinese infiltration efforts in Taiwanese society. To this extent, Lai announced new measures from the government aimed at curbing such infiltration...
The detention of a member of Fu Kun-chi’s recent delegation to Hong Kong is likely to reflect badly on the KMT caucus leader, seeing as this took place during one of Fu’s increasingly common trips to China. Fu was traveling with his wife, Hsu Chen-wei, who is the Hualien county magistrate...
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...
The Chinese government has sought to claim that the Taiwanese government is behind a series of cyberattacks on Chinese government websites, defacing them with messages critical of the Chinese government. The Chinese government claims this to be the doing of a group called “Anonymous 64,” which it claims is a front for ICEFCOM’s Cyber Warfare Unit. ICEFCOM is a section of the Taiwanese military that deals with information warfare, cybersecurity, and information management...
An investigation by the Liberty Times, the major newspaper of the pan-Green camp and Taiwan’s most widely read newspaper, showed that 30% of the 456 borough chiefs in Taipei had taken constituents on trips to China that were subsidized by the Chinese government this year...
The Taiwan Statebuilding Party held a press conference late last week about an incident involving an Eslite customer receiving phone calls from two Chinese individuals pretending to be customer service after purchasing a copy of If China Attacks...
A cross-strait political spat has broken out following the death of prominent Buddhist monk Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan. Fo Guang Shan is one of Taiwan’s major humanistic Buddhist organizations, sometimes referred to as the “Four Mountains.” These consist of Dharma Drum Mountain, Fo Guang Shan, Tzu Chi, and Chung Tai Shan...
It may not be surprising to observe the uptick in Chinese disinformation ahead of the nine-in-one elections scheduled to take place in late November. Nevertheless, what is important to note is to what extent that disinformation is also spread by pan-Blue domestic outlets...
Reports by the Liberty Times, quoting an anonymous source, stated earlier this month that the Chinese government was seeking to train Taiwanese young people as influencers in order to popularize pro-China views...
Taiwanese fruit and bubble tea chain Yifang Fruit Tea provoked ire earlier this week after its WeChat and Weibo account posted a message condemning the current demonstrations in Hong Kong, labeling them as “violent”, and emphasizing support for “One Country, Two Systems"...
