Report: Thousands of Taiwanese Worshippers Joining Beijing-Backed Trips

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A new study has found that over 10,000 Taiwanese people traveled to China last year to take part in religious activities backed by Beijing. These efforts to court Taiwan's worshippers are raising new security concerns in Taipei.

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00:00A new study has found that more than 10,000 Taiwanese people took part in religious activities

00:06in China last year, with support from Beijing.

00:09The report from Taiwan-based research organization IORG says those people joined over 110 Beijing-backed

00:18religious trips to China in 2024.

00:21Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles relations with China, says that Beijing has

00:26long-used religion as part of its United Front efforts.

00:30Those are campaigns aimed at expanding China's political influence abroad.

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