2021 Defending Democracy Forum: Research on Chinese Influence Operations Against Taiwan

2021.3.6 IORG Research Forum

Key findings

IORG is able to verify, with publicly verifiable scientific methods, that...

The Chinese Communist Party is engaged in information manipulation against Taiwan.
Among information manipulation collaborators, “local collaborators” are key to the spread of Chinese information manipulation against Taiwan.
The Chinese Communist Party is proactively infiltrating Taiwan through interpersonal connections, with the Strait Forum serving as the annual performance review.

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Basic Info

Time = 2021.3.6 Saturday 10:00 – 17:15
Location = GIS MOTC Convention Center = 24 Section 1, Hangzhou South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Host = IORG
Live-streaming = youtu.be/hZD-qsWQ7tg

Agenda

Time	Agenda	Speakers
09:45	Arrival and check-in
10:00	Welcoming remarks	Josh WANG IORG Co-director Ping-Cheng LO Minister without Portfolio and Executive Yuan Spokesperson
10:30	Discussion 1: Defending Against Informational infiltration Through Scientific Studies	Ming-Hung WANG Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng-Chia University Chun-Ming LAI Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Tung-Hai University Shao-Hong LIN Independent Researcher Chihhao YU IORG Co-director
12:00	Lunch break
13:30	Discussion 2: Expose Interpersonal Infiltration Through Field Research	Yu-Hsi LIU Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communications Management, Shih-Hsin University Thung-Hong LIN Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Catherine TAI Senior Program Officer for Asia, Center for International Private Enterprise Urda Wan-Ling YEN IORG Research Co-director
15:00	Afternoon break
15:30	Discussion 3: Becoming a Democracy Collaborator	Titus C. CHEN Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University Pomin WU g0v international Community Task Force Co-founder Billion LEE Cofacts Co-founder Josh WANG IORG Co-director
17:00	Closing remarks	Josh WANG IORG Co-director