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Bullying Bylines

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China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency published three consecutive commentaries on October 26, 27, and 28 under the byline “Zhong Taiwen” (鍾台文), a homophone for “China Commentary on the Taiwan Issue.” The articles called for cross-strait negotiations on a “one country, two systems” arrangement with “patriots governing Taiwan” (愛國者治台) after unification. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responded that Beijing seeks to replicate Hong Kong’s model where “patriots” means Communist Party loyalists, and warned that “Taiwanese will not be fooled.”

A Tattle Page for Taiwan

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China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (國務院台灣事務辦公室), a ministerial-level agency focused on pressing China’s territorial claims and often involved in disinformation campaigns targeting Taiwan, launched a new website column on March 26, 2025, encouraging people to report “Taiwan independence” (台獨) activities. Later the same afternoon, Chinese state media reported that the snitch page — essentially an attempt at participatory propaganda — had received 323 reports from the public, including accusations against Liu Shih-fang (劉世芳), Taiwan’s interior minister, and a number of legislators for the country’s Democratic Progressive Party.

According to a report by Taiwan’s United Daily News (UDN), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Chen Guiqing (陳桂清) warned that “Taiwan independence thugs” would face the mainland’s “powerful anti-independence punch” while criticizing President Lai’s actions as promoting “anti-Chinese sentiment.”