China has issued bounties targeting Taiwanese online influencers, prompting swift and satirical pushback from those named and renewed debate in Taiwan about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) pressure tactics.
On Thursday, the Public Security Bureau in Fujian, China, announced bounties of up to 250,000 yuan (approx. $34,000) for information leading to the capture of two Taiwanese online personalities, Wen Tzu-yu, an influencer known as “Pa Chiung” online, and Chen Po-yuan, an influencer and rapper known on stage as “Mannam PYC.” China’s “Taiwan Affairs Office” accused the two of “inciting secession,” a charge the CCP frequently levels at Taiwan independence advocates and critics of the regime.
