TutorABC, a large online English language platform in Taiwan that boasts 200, 000 members, has been revealed to be Chinese-owned. The democratic progressive party (DPP) legislator Lin Junxian told a news conference yesterday (7), TutorABC originally founded by Taiwanese companies, but has been a secret on Chinese, Chinese are not allowed to Taiwan investment in accordance with the education career, but the company in an odd number of a company name of “technology” education platform, so the government stepped in to the management of the republic of China, led to the cultural united front have doubts.
Lin Chun-hsin said at a press conference yesterday that according to the current law in Taiwan, Chinese companies cannot enter the education industry in Taiwan, but they can invest in the technology industry. If a technology company sets up an online education industry, the definition will be unclear. TutorABC, which was founded by Taiwanese, is Chinese-owned after Ping An Insurance Group of China became its largest shareholder, but is not regulated by Taiwan’s current laws.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Lin Chun-hsien said Tuesday that the Chinese investment in TutorABC may be a cultural united front against Taiwan. (Photo/Liberty Times)
Lin also noted that Ping An Insurance Group of China acquired TutorABC in 2019, making it the largest shareholder. However, according to Article 8 of the Measures for Permitting Mainland People to Invest in Taiwan, Chinese investment can be revoked if it is “politically, socially or culturally sensitive or affects national security”.
In this regard, the committee said that the Chinese identified part is still under investigation.
According to the relevant investigation conducted by the Taiwan Review Committee, TutorABC was established in the name of overseas Chinese and foreign investors. Currently, only one Hong Kong person is tracked down as the ultimate beneficiary, and the money flow behind it has been handed over to the Bureau of Investigation for investigation. According to Lin, TutorABC is clearly trying to circumventing Chinese censorship and penetrate into Taiwan’s education sector. By editing a self-compiled English language textbook based in Taipei, TutorABC is threatening to engage in a united cultural war on Taiwan.
Lin Junxian said that although TutorABC repeatedly, is not Chinese company acquisitions, only accept ping an insurance group, but there have been many reports in China said its parent company iTutorGroup buyout by ping an group secret, also known as the “subsidiary” directly, the company representative has been replaced, an apparent in overseas after dilution in the name of foreign capital into the machine.
When a teacher protested, TutorABC replied, “Taiwan is a province of China, and this is a political issue that should not be debated.”
It also raises a suspicion of leakage, Mr. Lin said, because TutorABC has 200,000 members on its platform, which can be said to cover all walks of life in Taiwan. If the Chinese government has mastered the individual assets of the members, it is equivalent to mastering the social conditions of Taiwan, and the data is likely to be used maliciously. And the company’s involvement in the editing of textbooks in Taiwan is unlikely to be part of a cultural united front.
In response to questions about Chinese involvement, TutorABC said in a recent statement that the company is a local company that operates independently in Taiwan, and that the content of its textbooks is rigorous and does not involve ideology. In 2019, Ping An Insurance Group of China invested in iTutorGroup, another business founded in China by the founders of Macchie Digital. Since 2018, TutorABC has not been part of iTutorGroup.
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