11.06
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·Taiwan
On November 6, Taiwan prosecutors officially indicted incumbent legislator Gao Jin Su-mei, accusing her of receiving approximately 170 million in CCP funds to develop a united front network in Taiwan and manage election resources for indigenous tribes, seeking a 14-year prison sentence.
11.06
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On November 6, Beijing held elections for district and township-level People's Congress representatives. A voter posted a photo of their Haidian District ballot, showing they had written in the name of Taiwan's DPP legislator Shen Po-yang in the 'write-in' candidate section. Shen was previously included on the list of die-hard Taiwan independence separatists and was placed under investigation by the Chongqing Public Security Bureau in October 2025.
11.02
·Reported
·Importance I
·Sources 1
·China
On November 2, Haixia Net, under the Fujian Daily Press Group, published a report focusing on the resignation phenomenon of Taiwan's military, public, and educational personnel, using the term "escape wave" to describe the resignation situation of local public officials.
2026.11
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
NTU professor Yuan Juzheng claimed on a television program that Switzerland has no cities and that all European countries have cabinet systems, while NCCU professor Liu Dehai claimed that Poland joined Biden in launching the Russia-Ukraine war, sparking questioning and criticism.
11.01
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taipei City
On the evening of November 1, former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen appeared at the campaign rally for Shen Po-yang's Taipei mayoral bid and delivered a speech, stating that voting is not about hatred or teaching anyone a lesson, but about realizing the future one desires and choosing a lifestyle one wants to be closer to.
11.01
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On November 1, a Weibo blogger posted praise for Tsai Ing-wen's reduction of retirement benefits for military, civil, and teaching staff during her tenure, with netizens calling her "courageous." The discussion shifted to the pension gap in mainland China, the craze for civil service exams, and voting rights, with many questioning whether mainland policymakers would ever cut their own benefits.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Pratas Islands
On October 31, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration reported that the China Coast Guard vessel 3102 entered the restricted waters of Dongsha with its AIS turned off and broadcasted that the area was under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China. The Taiwan patrol vessel Xunhu No. 7 approached to monitor and expel the vessel. Coast Guard personnel broadcasted a declaration stating, "The Republic of China (Taiwan) is a sovereign and independent country, and it is not subordinate to the People's Republic of China," demanding its immediate departure. The two vessels came within approximately 1 nautical mile of each other.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taipei City
On the afternoon of October 31, less than four weeks before the nine-in-one elections, the first televised debate for the Taipei mayoral race was held. DPP candidate Shen Boyang proposed three policy platforms: planting trees, addressing child abuse, and improving school lunches. Incumbent Mayor Chiang Wan-an criticized his proposals as vague, listed his own administrative achievements over the past four years, and presented a vision for building a Taipei AI park.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·台湾海峡
Taiwan's national security units and Japan have released alarming military deployment data, showing as many as 53 Chinese warships, coast guard vessels, and aircraft carriers distributed from the waters around the Taiwan Strait to the First Island Chain.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
At a regular press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office on October 28, spokesperson Chen Binhua responded to the attack on a Taiwanese crosstalk comedian and allegations of involvement in cross-border repression by the mainland, stating that the Democratic Progressive Party is accustomed to framing and smearing the mainland during elections, and that rumors cannot deceive the world.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On October 28, CCTV Military, a Chinese state media outlet, released a video criticizing Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang for "playing the anti-China card again to deceive voters" and "ignoring livelihood demands," claiming his political path relies on manipulating cross-strait confrontation and lacks municipal achievements.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
On October 28, Su Chun-jung, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration under Taiwan's Executive Yuan, stated in the Legislative Yuan that due to declining birth rates and strong salary competitiveness in the private tech sector, a total of 10,872 civil servants resigned across Taiwan between 2022 and 2025, of whom 5,965 had served for less than 5 years.
10.26
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Hong Kong
On October 26, Chinese state media promoting propaganda toward Taiwan interviewed Hong Kong Legislative Council member Junius Ho. Ho said that Western democracy and freedom sound beautiful but cannot fool people, and that a system that can make people happy is a good system. His remarks were collectively mocked by Chinese netizens.
10.25
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
On October 25, Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wan-an responded to Kevin Tsai's Weibo post by saying he does not accept anti-democratic threats; another candidate, Puma Shen, said that the freedom of the Taiwanese people should not be interfered with by China, viewing this as a sign of Chinese intervention in the Taiwanese people's self-determination.
10.25
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
On October 25, the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command released a poster superimposing a map of Taiwan over images of fighter jets and warships, claiming to defend the unification of the nation's mountains and rivers.