Taiwanese Mainland Affairs Council Advises Caution for 'High-Risk Nationals' Traveling to China Following Interrogation Incident
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has advised Taiwanese individuals considered 'high risk' to carefully assess the necessity of travel to China. This advisory follows a reported incident where a Taiwanese national was interrogated for six hours upon arrival in Shanghai due to his past part-time work for Amnesty International. According to a social media post by the individual's father, the interrogation focused on his son's duties, any reports or human rights advocacy concerning China, Hong Kong, the Uyghurs, or Tibet, and his contacts with politicians and human rights activists. The son, who had already left Amnesty International and was traveling for personal reasons, was eventually released after threatening to forgo entry and returned to Taiwan. The MAC noted that Chinese intelligence agencies have a history of collecting information on individuals associated with international human rights organizations. 
