Chinese police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two Taiwanese influencers they accused of inciting separatism and offered a reward of $35,000 for information about them. According to the Taiwanese government, Beijing is trying to sow fear with the move, which has been condemned by influencers.
Chinese police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two Taiwanese influencers they accused of inciting separatism. He is offering $35,000 for information leading to their arrest. According to the Taiwanese government, Beijing is trying to sow fear among the Taiwanese population. TASR informs about it according to the Reuters agency.
- Chinese police have issued arrest warrants for two Taiwanese influencers.
- The reason for the accusation is the alleged incitement of separatist views.
- He is offering a reward of $35,000 for information leading to their arrest.
- Taiwan’s government says Beijing is intimidating Taiwanese people.
- China considers Taiwan part of its territory.
Influencers allegedly fuel separatism
Police in the mainland Chinese city of Guangzhou, across the Taiwan Strait, said influencer Pa Chung and rapper Chen Poyuan, known by the pseudonym Mannam PYC, have long published “statements inciting separatist views.”
Both influencers condemned the move by the Chinese police. “It seems I’ve become another Pu Ma Shen,” Pu Zhong wrote on the Threads social network, referring to the Taiwanese lawmaker who was also investigated by Chinese police in October on suspicion of separatism.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory. In 1949, after the defeat in the civil war, the former Chinese government, the Kuomintang, under the leadership of General Chiang Kai-shek, took refuge on the island and has had an independent government ever since. Communist China regards the government in Taiwan as separatists and repeatedly declares that a democratic Taiwan will one day rule.
Shen: China has long tried to silence the people of Taiwan through intimidation
For this reason, Beijing has accused dozens of Taiwanese, including elected parliamentarians, of separatism. Chinese law does not apply in Taiwan, which has its own court system, and the government in Taipei accuses mainland China of trying to “extend” its jurisdiction to Taiwan.
The wanted MP Šen visited Berlin on Wednesday. According to him, China is threatening him with arrest abroad. “China has long been trying to silence the people of Taiwan through intimidation. I want to tell everyone that as brave Taiwanese people, we will not back down for this,” he said in a statement.
