Report maps CCP transnational repression in Japan
The gist
Researchers Sascha Hannig Nuñez and Kuan-Yu (Garry) Chiu published a report on CCP transnational repression in Japan.
The report says pressure can work through everyday relationships and fear, not direct orders.
How it unfolded
- Jul 2024 to Nov 2024Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with academics, journalists, students and activists for the report.
- Sep 15, 2026Sinopsis published the paper by Sascha Hannig Nuñez and Kuan-Yu (Garry) Chiu.
- Nov 4, 2026Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh told a Legislative Yuan committee that 131 people had been targeted in 149 incidents of Chinese transnational repression against Taiwan since 2005.
Key terms
- CCP
- The founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China, founded in 1921.
- transnational repression
- State-led political repression conducted across national borders, targeting individuals through surveillance, harassment, intimidation, assassinations, and enforced disappearances.
- Legislative Yuan
- The unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan), located in Taipei.
Source: Wikipedia