Could Taiwan's 'separatists' face death penalty in China? – DW – 07/09/2024
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Beijing has unveiled new guidelines against what it says is "a very small number" of "diehard" advocates for Taiwanese independence — but others say these laws could apply to nearly everyone in Taiwan.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/705089

Chinese authorities have recently announced legal changes that could impose harsh sanctions, including the death penalty, on individuals working “at separating Taiwan from China.” Beijing sees the self-ruled island as part of its own territory and has hinted at the possibility of using violence to subdue any attempts at pursuing indepedence.

Former Taiwanese legislator Chen Jiau-hua, already blacklisted by Beijing as one of the “stubborn separatists,” told DW she was not intimidated by the new measures. Instead, the set of guidelines revealed last month simply made her grow “even more resentful” towards China.

“I think Taiwanese people shouldn’t be afraid and threatened by these guidelines. Nor should they surrender to an authoritarian regime,” Chen said.

Some of the legal changes, however, are not easily dismissed. Beijing courts can now pass sentences, including life imprisonment or the death penalty, to “Taiwan independence” supporters who are convicted of conducting or inciting secession.

China says its new guidelines are targeting a “very small number of diehard ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists.”

  • @Aurenkin
    2•1 month ago

    Your suggestion that that is the “modern position of Taiwan” fails to mention that that is the position of one political party that’s had power for less than a decade and whose leader got 6.5% more than a party with a different view back in January.

    You mean the leader who when elected, the CCP fired ballistic missiles all around Taiwan? Yes I didn’t mention that because it’s not relevant, maybe you’ve forgotten but that’s kind of how democracies work. It’s the position of Taiwan and has been for a while now.

    I am sure you worry about your safety - I would suggest that being told you are a pawn in a geopolitical game for a dying empire should be pretty scary.

    And I would suggest being a CCP apologist is pretty pathetic, it seems for you being the pawn of a dying empire is just a way to pass the time online. Good for you I guess.