DPP gears up to fend off Chinese infiltration

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/17
By: Flor Wang and Yeh Su-ping

Taipei, July 17 (CNA) The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Wednesday that it will

hold a series of events across Taiwan to ward off Chinese infiltration into Taiwanese society, especially on campuses, starting in August.

From next month, the DPP will sponsor various sessions with rank-and-file throughout the country to examine China's tactics on infiltration into Taiwanese society, DPP spokeswoman Lee Yen-jong (李晏榕) cited party Chairman Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) as saying following a Central Standing Committee meeting.

During the meeting, Edwin Yang (楊聰榮), an associate professor at National Taiwan Normal University and an expert on Asian history, gave a keynote speech on how to prevent China's infiltration of Taiwan's higher education institutions.

Due to Taiwan's geographic proximity to China and its strategic importance, the island stands at the front of China's infiltration campaign — a vital reason why Taiwan must maintain stringent vigilance against China's intangible expansion and build an aggressive mechanism to counter its offensive, Cho was quoted by Lee as saying.    [FULL  STORY]