Cheng Wanjun, the former host of Chinese media "CCTV", "hopped off" from Thailand to come to Taiwan to seek help.

Another Chinese national "jumped" and wanted to seek assistance from the Taiwan government to travel to a third place! Cheng Wanjun, a former host of the Chinese Communist Party's official media "CCTV", flew from Thailand to Taoyuan International Airport on November 2. He recorded a video and publicly appealed for help online, hoping that the government of the Republic of China would provide short-term humanitarian protection and assist in resettlement in a third country.

According to Cheng Wanjun's self-narration in the film, he was originally the editor-in-chief of "Law and Life" magazine and the host of the "CCTV" Legal Lecture Program, and publicly asked for help at Taoyuan Airport. In 2019, he was secretly recorded and reported for commenting on political remarks such as "the king who subjugated the country" at a regular meeting of his work unit. After a thorough investigation was ordered by senior officials of the CCP, his unit was purged.

Cheng Wanjun claimed that he was arrested at Beijing Airport in November 2019 and sentenced to six years in prison for "illegal business operations." After he was released from prison in 2025, he was forced to go into exile overseas in order to publish his works in prison. His autobiography, "The Everlasting Soul of Freedom: Confessions of a Chinese Political Prisoner," was published in the overseas Chinese online media "Yipao" on November 1 this year.

Thailand has repeatedly deported dissidents at the request of the Chinese government in recent years. While Cheng Wanjun was in exile in Thailand, on October 17 this year, he submitted a report to the UNHCR Thailand office on the risk of deportation. He also said in the video that in order to avoid a second political persecution by the "Chinese Communist authorities", he had to move to Taiwan to seek short-term humanitarian protection, hoping to help him complete resettlement in a third country "so that I can continue to create and speak freely for the rest of my life."

However, some netizens were dissatisfied and questioned why they went to Taiwan instead of flying to Western countries in Thailand. "I hope Taiwan will repatriate all those who are defecting from China. Many of them are the fifth column of the Red Party. Taiwanese people should not cause unnecessary trouble for themselves, especially at this time."

It is understood that if Chinese nationals come to Taiwan without a legal entry permit, the Immigration Department can repatriate them to their previous destination. The case is currently being handled by the Immigration Administration, the competent authority. If it is in accordance with general international practices and Chinese laws, it can be sent back to its original place.