According to
Sinologist Gerry Groot, the CCP's abrogation of
one country, two systems in Hong Kong following the
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests "was noted in Taiwan, where it made the work of the tiny minority of pro-unification activists even harder and reinforced the skepticism of others regarding the value of CCP promises."[9] Others have also perceived its failure to persuade Taiwanese.[10]
In 2022, Taiwan's
National Security Bureau chief stated that the CCP had provided training to local internet celebrities in "cognitive warfare" campaigns to spread
propaganda.[11]
During the run-up to the
2024 Taiwanese presidential election, the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots coordinated editorial attacks against
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate
Lai Ching-te, framing him as "pro-war". (Ching-te later won the election.)[13] In November 2023, Taiwanese prosecutors charged a group of individuals accused of recruiting Taiwanese tourists on trips to mainland China paid for by the
Taiwan Affairs Office in which they met with representatives of the
United Front Work Department and were urged to vote for
Pan-Blue candidates.[14][15] According to
Reuters, around 1,000 Taiwanese local officials have visited China on paid junkets in the run-up to the 2024 elections.[16] In December 2023, Liberty Times reported that in 2023 around 30% of the 456 borough chiefs in Taipei had taken trips to mainland China subsidized by the Chinese government.[17]
^"Notes from Central Taiwan: Imaginings of another Taiwan". Taipei Times. 8 May 2023.
Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024. Today we know terms like "united front" in the context of Chinese imperialism and expansionism, but in the 1930s the term had another meaning: it encapsulated the desire of Asians struggling to form a "united front" against external imperialism.