Three staff members from the office of non-party legislator Gao Jin Sumei were involved in communist espionage cases one after another. Gao Jin was interviewed as a defendant for the first time yesterday (2nd). After the interrogation, he criticized the investigation for the large-scale investigation of the cross-strait exchanges that was opened back then, as if returning to the martial law era. However, it is understood that Gao Jin went to China in the past to talk about Taiwan's aboriginal peoples, but was later labeled "patriotic" by the Chinese Communist Party. The inviting unit also had the mission of promoting reunification, and many of the relevant participants had United Front backgrounds.
Gao Jin first expressed her dissatisfaction in an interview yesterday, questioning the large-scale inquiry into cross-strait exchanges by the inspection and supervision, which made her hair stand on end. Later, she posted on Facebook that institutionalized cross-strait consultations had become normalized and exchanges between all walks of life were frequent. She criticized the current accusation that normal exchanges 18 years ago were national security infiltration and development organizations, which was a "political frame-up."
However, according to the investigation, Gao Jin was invited to China many times in his early years. He gave a speech at Xiamen University on the topic of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. He talked about Taiwan’s politics from the inheritance of indigenous culture and Japanese colonial history, criticizing the cultural and transitional justice policies of the Democratic Progressive Party. This lecture, which was based on the situation of the indigenous people, was later given a political connotation by the Chinese side and was promoted as a "patriotic education activity."
Among them, Xiamen University, which invited SAIF, listed "the ultimate complete reunification of the country" as a strategic need. In addition to clearly stating the tasks of promoting reunification, policy consultation and public opinion guidance, it also signed cooperation agreements with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and other units. The seemingly normal cross-strait exchanges have already been given another layer of unusual "political significance."
According to research, the CCP has already had a national-level research project to pave the way for the management of rural areas. China's National Social Science Foundation has listed the "Research on Relations between Taiwan's Aboriginal Ethnic Groups" as a major project, which will be implemented by Xiamen University. In addition to providing policy suggestions through the United Front Work Department of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and other channels, the study also plans to tilt the resources of the "31 Benefits for Taiwan" to the aboriginal people. Through the investment of Chinese resources and continuous exchanges, it will enhance the centripetal force and cohesion of Taiwan's aboriginal people towards China.
National security sources pointed out that Gao Jin’s value to the CCP lies in her status as both an elected legislator and a representative of indigenous peoples. She has long-term connections with tribes, grassroots representatives and indigenous groups. She has both political visibility and access to her hometown. She went to China with the appeal of speaking out for her tribe, and her remarks were packaged as patriotic education by the Chinese side. Not only could they add persuasiveness to China’s narrative of national identity and unity, but her ability to connect tribes was also a condition that China valued in managing her hometown.
