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Ars Censura

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Taiwan’s arts sector faces systematic Chinese influence, with publishers changing “Taiwan” to “Taipei” for Hong Kong awards and media companies replacing writers who express political views on China and Taiwan. That, anyway, is the conclusion reached by the independent Taiwanese outlet b.l!nk in a recent pair of reports published on September 5 and 6 (here and here). According to the reports, cultural exchange programs disguise unification messaging as business partnerships. One editor wrote: “Through media exchange programs, they give your company money while spreading unification ideas during activities.”

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.”