
When a nurse surnamed Lin recently traveled to Tibet, she was interviewed by Chinese national security personnel for no apparent reason and was repeatedly asked about her political stance, party affiliation, and views on unification.
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A Taiwanese nurse who traveled to China was interviewed by national security personnel. The Mainland Affairs Council has previously announced similar cases.
Taiwanese traveling to China are subject to scrutiny by the CCP again! A man surnamed Lin who works as a nurse recently traveled to Tibet and was interviewed by Chinese national security officers for no apparent reason. The officers repeatedly asked about his political stance, party affiliation, and views on unification. After he returned to Taiwan safely, he published a post on the Thread social platform to expose the matter, pointing out that he had worked in two public hospitals and was asked whether he would serve the military.
A nurse surnamed Lin shared how she traveled to Tibet with a group and was interviewed by Chinese national security officers. According to reports, a total of 8 Taiwanese people participated in the Tibet tour group, and a total of 3 people were interviewed. The nurse surnamed Lin was taken from the hotel lobby to a small room by a man. There were also 2 Chinese women inside. The other party did not introduce themselves. It was later discovered that they were national security personnel. The interview lasted for an hour, but no mobile phone was seized.
The other party first conducted a personal wealth investigation, including education, work, salary and family members, and even asked, "Have you ever served in the military in the General Association before?" and "Will you have contact with people from the North City Government now?"
The other party also asked, where are you serving as a soldier? What branch of the military? What did you learn? Why only 4 months? What political party are you from? Does the Democratic Progressive Party really have a general distribution of 10,000 yuan? Do you support reunification? If you were given a higher salary, would you be willing to unify? Did you know that you can change your nationality to Chinese?
The nurse surnamed Lin believes that the purpose of this interview is a bit like ideological penetration, or to understand the real thoughts of Taiwanese people. "I feel that he often asks some irrelevant questions, but many of them are to test my position."
It is understood that there is more than one case of a Taiwanese nurse being interrogated when traveling to China. In September, the Mainland Affairs Council announced another case of a nurse being interrogated. A nurse who worked in a hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare was interrogated while traveling to Tibet in August this year on the grounds that she had worked in a military hospital.

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