US VS THEM: A defense ministry official said that espionage cases show that aside from being lured by benefits, conspirators often fail to view the CCP as an enemy

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 14, 2018
By: Aaron Tu and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

A column published on Monday by the Ministry of National Defense’s Political Warfare Bureau urged military personnel to see through China’s “united front” tactics and not forget that “the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] is [the nation’s] enemy.”

The weekly column titled “Our Voice” is in a publication that informs military personnel of international and military affairs, disease prevention and other topics.

This week’s article discussed the CCP’s verbal and military threats toward Taiwan.

The bureau wrote in the article’s foreword that after the CCP’s 19th National Congress, it began regularly sending military aircraft and vessels on long-distance training exercises around Taiwan, in addition to spreading false information in an attempt to incite panic.

The CCP has also used cross-strait trade, cultural exchanges and other interactions to construct an atmosphere of reconciliation, the article said.
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