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Title: Exposé lifts the lid on shady actions by pro-Beijing groups
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on September 14, 2018, 03:53:25 pm

Asia Times
Sept 14, 2018

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http://www.atimes.com/article/expose-lifts-the-lid-on-shady-actions-by-pro-beijing-groups/ (http://www.atimes.com/article/expose-lifts-the-lid-on-shady-actions-by-pro-beijing-groups/)

An investigative documentary aired by the Qatar-based al-Jazeera news channel has shed more light on shadowy political groups loyal to Beijing that operate in Taiwan, and lists some of their dubious tactics.

The report revealed that a common strategy used to promote anti-independence platforms is to pay people and hire lobbyists to attend events or organize mass petitions to sway public sentiment.

One group featured in the exposé is the Taipei-based Concentric Patriotism Association (CPA), whose members have previously stirred up trouble by assaulting pro-independence supporters and members of the Falun Gong — deemed by Beijing to be an “evil cult”.