Beijing has sanctioned Taiwanese businessman Robert Tsao Hsing-cheng and Taiwanese lawmaker Puma Shen for supporting what it says are “violent” pro-Taiwan independence sentiment and activities.
Under the sanctions, Shen and Tsao, as well as their families, are barred from entering mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau. All businesses associated with them are also prohibited from for-profit activities within the mainland.
“[It] is an unequivocal ‘Taiwan independence’ base,” Chen said, referring to the academy.
With support from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and external forces, the academy had jeopardised cross-strait stability, he said.
“Shen and Tsao’s stubborn ‘Taiwan independence’ ideology, their brazen ‘independence’ statements, their malicious actions aiming for ‘independence’, and their reckless reliance on foreign powers to oppose China are blatant acts of splitting the country and inciting division,” Chen said.
