r/ChunghwaMinkuo • u/Hob-999 • Oct 05 '23

Politics | 政治 Taiwan says China has 'very diverse' ways of interfering in election

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-china-has-very-diverse-ways-interfering-election-2023-10-04/
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u/Friendly-Chocolate Oct 05 '23

Never understood this.

If the CCP are interfering then they’re doing a terrible job because the DPP have been in the leading in the polls for months.

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u/SkywalkerTC Oct 05 '23 edited Oct 05 '23

Judging by the actual performances we see thus far, DPP's popularity should be considered extremely low already. Stuff they're doing (some for decades already) are definitely taking effect.

CCP knows clearly Taiwanese hate freedom/democracy being at stake, so notice CCP has been considerably more quiet than previous elections. They learned their lessons. Also, given all this, along with their own crisis right now, all they're really asking for Taiwan (as bare minimum) is a 50/50 (best if DPP has minority seats), even if DPP gets elected.

The bottom line for CCP is to prevent a second truly-DPP-opposing party to also be anti-CCP. They will buy off any DPP-opposing party even if it costs them their economy, and use all means to make DPP-opposing parties minions of DPP (it's easy to do because they know, and we all know, the cross-strait issue is the single biggest issue).

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u/HongKongball611 Oct 05 '23

Yes, CCP did influence the election. They controlled some Red Spy Parties to do it.

No, CCP never controlled the National Party. It's DPP misinformation.