Cases of Taiwanese detained, missing in China rising rapidly

UNHEALTHY EXCHANGE: China promotes cross-strait exchanges while targeting Taiwanese’s privacy and liberties, so they amount to traps, the DPP said By William Hetherington / Staff writer, with CNA The government has received 385 reports of missing or detained Taiwanese in China from the beginning of 2024 to Wednesday, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said in a post yesterday, urging the public to avoid non-essential travel there.The post followed a news conference on Thursday, during which Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister and spokesman Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) said 10 such cases had been reported in the previous week alone.The number of cases rose from 55 in 2024 to 221 last year, with 109 reported so far this year, MAC data showed. An infographic on Taiwanese who have gone