China threatens to ‘strike’ against ‘separatist forces’ in Taiwan
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The Chinese Communist Party escalated its saber-rattling against Taiwan, announcing it will be ramping up influence operations.
People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, the fourth-highest ranking member of the CCP, told allies at the Taiwan Work Conference in Beijing that they will need to “firmly support the patriotic pro-unification forces on the island,” according to state-owned media outlet Xinhua.
Wang further threatened to “resolutely strike against ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces, oppose interference by external forces, and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, center, attends a meeting with President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)
Taiwan has appeared unperturbed by Wang’s comments, seeing it as the standard bellicosity to be expected when the People’s Republic feels threatened.
A source familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the threats of strikes and support for fifth columns are just the “usual rhetoric” deployed by China, designed to scare the voting public.”
Spy networks and domestic operations aligned with Beijing are a well-known problem on the island.
“Espionage is ongoing,” the source acknowledged, as well as “grey zone” activities — clandestine actions taken to subvert the Taiwanese government, manipulate public opinion, or otherwise create confusion among the public.
The People’s Liberation Army has openly advocated use of the “Three Warfares,” public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare, since at least 2003, when the strategy was approved by the Central Military Commission.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te denounced China on Tuesday via social media, decrying the life imprisonment of Hong Kong newspaper magnate Jimmy Lai announced over the weekend.
Lai called the “one country, two systems” model of governance implemented in Hong Kong, the model that China desires to also implement in Taiwan, a “tool of political persecution” that “tramples human rights and freedom of press.”
Beijing’s threats come amid a tense period in East Asia following the electoral victory of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi, already despised by the Beijing elite for stating that a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan could constitute a …
Notice what's missing.
The Chinese Communist Party escalated its saber-rattling against Taiwan, announcing it will be ramping up influence operations.
People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, the fourth-highest ranking member of the CCP, told allies at the Taiwan Work Conference in Beijing that they will need to “firmly support the patriotic pro-unification forces on the island,” according to state-owned media outlet Xinhua.
Wang further threatened to “resolutely strike against ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces, oppose interference by external forces, and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, center, attends a meeting with President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)
Taiwan has appeared unperturbed by Wang’s comments, seeing it as the standard bellicosity to be expected when the People’s Republic feels threatened.
A source familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the threats of strikes and support for fifth columns are just the “usual rhetoric” deployed by China, designed to scare the voting public.”
Spy networks and domestic operations aligned with Beijing are a well-known problem on the island.
“Espionage is ongoing,” the source acknowledged, as well as “grey zone” activities — clandestine actions taken to subvert the Taiwanese government, manipulate public opinion, or otherwise create confusion among the public.
The People’s Liberation Army has openly advocated use of the “Three Warfares,” public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare, since at least 2003, when the strategy was approved by the Central Military Commission.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te denounced China on Tuesday via social media, decrying the life imprisonment of Hong Kong newspaper magnate Jimmy Lai announced over the weekend.
Lai called the “one country, two systems” model of governance implemented in Hong Kong, the model that China desires to also implement in Taiwan, a “tool of political persecution” that “tramples human rights and freedom of press.”
Beijing’s threats come amid a tense period in East Asia following the electoral victory of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi, already despised by the Beijing elite for stating that a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan could constitute a …
China threatens to ‘strike’ against ‘separatist forces’ in Taiwan
Notice what's missing.
The Chinese Communist Party escalated its saber-rattling against Taiwan, announcing it will be ramping up influence operations.
People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, the fourth-highest ranking member of the CCP, told allies at the Taiwan Work Conference in Beijing that they will need to “firmly support the patriotic pro-unification forces on the island,” according to state-owned media outlet Xinhua.
Wang further threatened to “resolutely strike against ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces, oppose interference by external forces, and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Huning, center, attends a meeting with President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)
Taiwan has appeared unperturbed by Wang’s comments, seeing it as the standard bellicosity to be expected when the People’s Republic feels threatened.
A source familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the threats of strikes and support for fifth columns are just the “usual rhetoric” deployed by China, designed to scare the voting public.”
Spy networks and domestic operations aligned with Beijing are a well-known problem on the island.
“Espionage is ongoing,” the source acknowledged, as well as “grey zone” activities — clandestine actions taken to subvert the Taiwanese government, manipulate public opinion, or otherwise create confusion among the public.
The People’s Liberation Army has openly advocated use of the “Three Warfares,” public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare, since at least 2003, when the strategy was approved by the Central Military Commission.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te denounced China on Tuesday via social media, decrying the life imprisonment of Hong Kong newspaper magnate Jimmy Lai announced over the weekend.
Lai called the “one country, two systems” model of governance implemented in Hong Kong, the model that China desires to also implement in Taiwan, a “tool of political persecution” that “tramples human rights and freedom of press.”
Beijing’s threats come amid a tense period in East Asia following the electoral victory of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Takaichi, already despised by the Beijing elite for stating that a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan could constitute a …
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