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In the past, the Chinese Communist Party‘s “agents in Taiwan” targeted Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese compatriots, Taiwanese youths and mainland mates, but now they are actively working on “net celebrities”. In order to change this situation, the CCP is targeting the “young people of the next decade in Taiwan”, those born after 1992 to 2000, in an attempt to “educate The Chinese Communist Party is trying to reverse their antipathy toward the CCP through “Education.
The CCP is now actively planning training activities for netizens and e-commerce broadcasters, hoping to strengthen its dominance over Taiwan’s online public opinion. In an exclusive interview with Epoch Times, Chiu Shih-Yi, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Tunghai University in Taiwan, analyzed that the current generation of young people in their thirties in Taiwan, generally referred to as the “late seventh grade” (the age group from about the 75th to 80th years of the Republic of China), are experiencing “de-Chinaization (de-Communization)” and “de-Chiangization” during their growth process. During their formative years, they have experienced social changes such as “de-Chinaization”, “de-Chiangization”, and “curriculum reform”, and most of them hold Anti-Communist positions. In terms of electoral research, these latter seventh graders eventually became solid supporters of the DPP.
The Chinese Communist Party wants to create a “pro-communist generation” in Taiwan
This was a watershed moment that changed the political landscape in Taiwan. According to Qiu Shiyi, the KMT did not realize how powerful this move was at the Time, and by the time they realized it, the “White Shirt Movement” triggered by the “Hong Zhongqiu Incident” had already occurred, until the rise of Ko Wen-je in 2014, who was elected as a political vegetarian. In 2014, Ko Wen-je was elected as the mayor of Taipei with a high number of votes, and in 2016, Tsai Ing-wen was elected with a high number of votes.
The “White Shirt Movement” is a social movement that was sparked after the 2013 Hong Zhongqiu incident in Taiwan, in which a compulsory non-commissioned officer, Hong Zhongqiu, was scheduled to be discharged from the military on July 6, 2013, but died on July 4.
The process was initiated by citizens on their own initiative and with their automatic participation, mainly through the Internet (especially through the large number of Kicking Industrial Workshop and Facebook social networking sites), making it the largest citizen-initiated social movement in the history of Taiwan. This new form of participation, initiated by a tandem of internet users, has been hailed by some media as Taiwan’s version of the “Jasmine Revolution”.
In the case of former ROC President Chen Shui-bian, the seeds of “anti-communism” and “removal of Chiang” were planted during his term of office, but they blossomed in just ten years and allowed the DPP to stabilize its rule. The Chinese Communist Party has been unable to understand why it has given Taiwan so many beneficial policies and job opportunities, including taking in wandering doctors and giving loans to young people for employment, but to no avail.
This is why the Chinese Communist Party has reached out to the “netizens”, mainly because these groups are basically young people. According to Qiu Shiyi, the CCP’s aim is to target “the young people of the next decade in Taiwan. The Communist Party of China’s internal and external propaganda is not only about the present, but also about cultivating and influencing future generations, in order to be powerful enough.
Talent show to shape the image of the rise of a great power
There was a time when anti-communist consciousness was more moderate in Taiwan, during the Ma Ying-jeou administration, when the CCP was using entertainment and Culture to shape the image of China’s rise to power, which had a short-lived effect. Qiu Shiyi cites China’s Music talent shows “The Voice of China” and “King of Masked Singers” as well as successive singing competitions as examples of how many Taiwanese and artists have flocked to China to participate in the competition with their gorgeous productions and big-headed stage shows. This has been used to project an image of China as a rising power.
According to Chiu, the Chinese Communist Party believes that such soft cultural appeals seem to be effective in subliminally changing Taiwan’s anti-communist mentality. The social discourse of “netizens” is now able to influence Taiwan’s youth in various aspects of Life, entertainment and culture.
He further mentioned that the Chinese Communist Party has been working against the world in recent years, and its methods are becoming more and more radical, especially the dumping of the New Crown virus (Chinese Communist virus), which has caused international resentment. “This is also a big task for the Chinese Communist Party at the moment.”
National security should be a priority
In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s advancement and infiltration, Taiwan is now faced with the dilemma of how to weigh “freedom of expression” and “national security”.
Chiu said, “Before Taiwan can resolve this awkward situation, national security must take precedence.” However, the ROC government will have to decide on how to take the right size in the implementation, but if it does not do anything, it will allow many “communists” or those who cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party in intelligence gathering to survive.
In addition, in order to avoid the fake news derived from the CCP’s “public opinion war” against Taiwan, Taiwan has enacted the “Foreign Power Influence Transparency Act,” or the “Foreign Agents Registration Act,” which is controversial, but in the face of a neighboring evil eye, it is necessary to The Act is controversial, but it is necessary to protect oneself from a neighboring evil.
The Act originates from the fact that Taiwan has been frequently subjected to the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of local industries (especially media communications and religious operations) in various ways and its unified warfare, so it is proposed to follow the example of other countries to establish a “foreign agent registration system” to prevent the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of Taiwan.
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