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KMT Legislators Continue with Trips to China, In Spite of Security Concerns

The KMT has again opened itself up to criticism, with a series of recent trips to China by seven KMT legislators. The seven legislators are Weng Hsiao-ling, Lin Szu-ming, Yeh Yuan-chih, Cheng Cheng-chien, Chiu Jo-hua, Lu Yu-ling, and Tu Chuan-chi. Former KMT legislator John Chiang, the father of Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an, as well as KMT Mainland Affairs director Chang Ya-ping, too, were in attendance...

Deportation of Japanese Pro-China Influencers Points to Securitization of Social Media

A Japanese influencer was deported last month over filming a video by Ximending’s Rainbow Crosswalk in Taipei in which he and another Japanese man raised the flag of the People’s Republic of China and declared that Taiwan was part of China. The man in question, referred to as Aira Todomi on his social media presence, carried out the act along with another man referred to as Hiroyuki Tanaka on social media...

China Pins Blame for Cyberattacks on Taiwan

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...