Last Week CCP – 4 Weeks to Taiwan’s 2024 Elections

Summary

• December 17^th-23^rd was the 4^th week until Taiwan’s 2024 Elections on Saturday, January 13^th, 2024.
• At least 1,491 PRC documents mentioned Taiwan last week (including major government agencies, political parties, and political figures), according to IORG Archive. 898 were published by PRC state media, counting the highest, followed by 252 from HK state media.
• PRC’s top concern last week was Taiwan’s ruling party DPP, with mentions found in 37.56% of its documents. Out of all PRC documents mentioning Taiwanese political parties, 48.19% mention DPP solely, while 14.05% and 0.76% mention KMT and TPP, respectively.
• At least 46 Taiwan-related events took place last week across China, with approx. 1,750 Taiwanese participants engaged with wide-ranging “non-political” activities.
• Participants from Taiwan included college students, “Tai-students” (台生), “Tai-youth” (台青), “female entrepreneur” (女企業家), corporations, family associations (宗親會), folk religion, members of the Legislative Yuan, and former acting-President of KMT. PRC official participation ranged from “democratic party” (民主党派) representatives to ambassador and deputy commerce minister.
• Last week’s Taiwan in CCP worldview featured wide-ranging hot topics including trade, culture, politics, and defense. “Trade barrier” was the most concerned event in CCP’s view of Taiwan.
• Last week’s CCP selected delicacy: grouper fish (石斑魚), beef soup (牛肉湯).

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