Cross-Strait

A survey showing that less than 40 percent of young Taiwanese support regulating influencers in Taiwan linked to pro-China unification efforts has sparked concern among experts that the younger generation lacks vigilance in the face of threats from across the Taiwan Strait.

China will launch a rocket carrying a satellite that will likely fly over Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Wednesday urged Beijing not to politicize cross-strait travel and to lift all restrictions, reiterating that Chinese tourists are welcome to visit Taiwan.

An American scholar's recent call for greater transparency in reporting China's military incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) presents a difficult choice, Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said Wednesday.

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said Wednesday he aims to build a "bridge of peace," as he embarked on his second visit to China this year.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) called for "fewer roaring sounds from vessels and planes" and stressed the importance of continued cross-strait exchanges during the opening of the Twin-City Forum in Taipei Tuesday.

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has made frequent, unexplained changes in its public reporting of Chinese military incursions in recent years, undermining the campaign's effectiveness, an American scholar of cross-strait affairs has said.

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Friday night issued a statement requesting that the Chinese authorities release three Taiwanese members of the I-Kuan Tao (Yiguandao) religious group arrested in China.

Three Taiwanese nationals and members of the I-Kuan Tao (Yiguandao) religious group were arrested by police in Guangdong Province, China, according to China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) on Friday.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) confirmed Friday that the entry applications of 10 people in the 102-member Shanghai delegation set to attend the Twin-City Forum next week in Taipei had been rejected.