IN-DEPTH: With Elections Looming, Taiwan Battles Massive Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Expert

China’s influence operation is working overtime to influence January’s elections.

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IN-DEPTH: With Elections Looming, Taiwan Battles Massive Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Expert — A man votes in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Nov. 26, 2022. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

12/31/2023Updated: 1/1/2024

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With Taiwan’s elections just two weeks away, concerns about Chinese interference in the elections have become more prominent.

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) fourth-ranking leader, and its lead in charge of Taiwan affairs, Wang Huning, convened a meeting of various departments in late November to discuss CCP influence operations in Taiwan. A senior Taiwanese security official shared news of the meeting with a group of selected media earlier this month, according to CNN.

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