SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM CHINA: The director of Tamkang University’s advanced technology institute said organizations opposed to democracy should be outlawed

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 16, 2018
By: Chung Li-hua and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Academics have urged President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) government to follow other countries’ examples, preventing Chinese infiltration and establishing a self-defense mechanism for the nation’s democracy as soon as possible.

Chinese infiltration in the international community has affected the national interest of different countries, Cross-Strait Policy Association secretary-general Wang Chih-sheng (王智盛) said.

However, for Taiwan, Chinese infiltration touches on national survival, Wang said, adding that the government should review what other countries have done as soon as possible, assess national security laws and ensure Taiwan’s safety.

According to Wang, Jamestown Foundation fellow Peter Mattis has said that former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) term was a “dark decade,” during which Chinese spies were most active in Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]