Taiwan Lawmaker Accuses Straits Exchange Foundation Director of Promoting Beijing’s Political Agenda

Taiwan lawmaker Chiu Hsien-chih (middle in the first row) attends a rally urging the Chinese authorities to release Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese pro-democracy activist, on March 18, 2022. Lee was arrested during a visit to mainland China in 2017 and sentenced by the Chinese communist regime to five years in prison on alleged subversion charges. Courtesy of Chiu Hsien-chih

A Taiwanese legislator accused a director of the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) of promoting Beijing’s strategy to take over the self-ruled island amid China’s ongoing incursions into Taiwans waters and arispace.

New Power Party (NPP) member Chiu Hsien-chih rebuked businessman John Peng, who is also an SEF director, on Facebook on March 29 for placing an advertisement in a local newspaper to underscore Taiwan’s “peaceful reunification” with China, which aligns with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attitude on the issue.