By Jason Pan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party （DPP） lawmakers yesterday demanded that the government remove businessman John Peng （彭蔭剛） from the board of the Straits Exchange Foundation （SEF）, accusing him of working as a proxy for China.
Videos from a reportedly Taiwanese-founded production company in China highlighting cultural links across the Taiwan Strait have raised concern over a shift in Chinese propaganda techniques, with lawmakers calling for an investigation into the firm and new Chinese “united front” tactics.
One video from the company posted last month on the Chinese media platforms Watching the Taiwan Strait (看台海) and Xiamen Star (廈門衛視) claims to show the company’s founder combining water from China’s Yellow River and Taiwan’s Jhuoshuei River (濁水溪).
In the four-minute video, the founder, identified as A-chia (阿嘉) from Hsinchu, sits in front of Siluo Bridge (西螺大橋) in Yunlin County
CROSS-STRAIT BROADCASTS: Lawmakers called on regulators to crack down on Chinese state media that target Taiwanese with pro-China news and disinformationBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday called for the National Communications Commission (NCC) and Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) to combat Chinese propaganda drives that use radio and new media to broadcast pro-China propaganda and disinformation.
China this year launched Cross-Strait Radio and Taiwan Strait Watch, aimed at commuters and elderly people, broadcasting radio and video political talk shows and news programs, DPP Legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) said at a media conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
“It is clear that China is conducting cognitive warfare against Taiwanese. We demand that government agencies investigate these programs and deal with such intrusions to
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday urged the Ministry of Culture to found a Kaohsiung national public television station in accordance with a Legislative Yuan resolution that was passed in 2006.
Twelve years ago, the legislature passed the Divestment of Shares in Terrestrial Television Act (無線電視事業公股處理條例) in a bipartisan vote, DPP Legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Lawmakers from all parties also voted in favor of a resolution requiring Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS) to set up a regional station in Kaohsiung within five years of the act’s passage, Lai said.
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