Xiang Huaqiang had applied to settle in Taiwan, but was denied because of his Red Chinese Communist background. (LAURENT FIEVET/AFP via Getty Images)
Xiang Huaqiang’s wife, Chen Lan, is a native of Taiwan, and his son, Xiang Zuo, is married to Taiwanese model, Guo Biting. Late last year, Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Zuo’s father and son had applied for dependent residence in Taiwan, but were rejected.
Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior Immigration Office announced on February 25 that Xiang Huaqiang’s “dependent residence” was rejected for “national security reasons”, but did not specify the specific reasons for the rejection.
According to media reports, Xiang Huaqiang was once a member of the Hong Kong gang Xin Yi’an, and Xiang Zuo is a member of the Communist Youth League’s All-China Youth Federation, both father and son have ties to the Communist Party.
Last June, the Chinese Communist Party pushed through a Hong Kong version of the National Security Law, sparking a strong backlash from the Hong Kong public and the international community. However, Xiang Huaqiang, Jackie Chan and other Hong Kong actors and actresses issued a joint statement in support of the Hong Kong version of the national security law.
During the outbreak of the anti-sending-China protest movement in Hong Kong, Xiang Huaqiang’s wife, Lan Chen, once posted on Weibo, criticizing Hong Kong’s youth. She also supported the Hong Kong government’s imposition of the no-masking law and the suppression of Hong Kong’s protesting youths.
When Xiang Huaqiang’s father and son applied for immigration in Taiwan, they once caused a public outcry. Lai Chung-keung, convenor of the Taipei NGO Economic Democracy Coalition, told the media that Xiang Huaqiang has some influence in the film and television industry, and if he comes to Taiwan to develop his career and transposes the Chinese Communist Party’s political censorship to Taiwan, he fears that this will cause Taiwanese artists to “deteriorate across the board, which is worrying.”
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