Chinese database for spying on Taiwanese leakedNETWORK-MAPPING PROJECT: The database contains 170 detailed files of Taiwanese politicians and about 23 million records of household registration data in TaiwanBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterChina has developed a network-mapping project targeting political figures and parties in Taiwan to monitor public opinion during elections and to craft tailored influence campaigns aimed at dividing Taiwanese society, according to documents leaked by Chinese technology firm GoLaxy (中科天璣). Documents from Chinese technology company GoLaxy show information about Taiwanese politicians. The Beijing-based data firm also created a Taiwan-related knowledge graph about Taiwanese political parties, both large and small. Overall, the database contains 170 detailed files of Taiwanese politicians, about 23 million records of Taiwan household registration data from closed sources, as well as information about 75 Taiwanese political parties, 1,478 Taiwanese firms, 13,000 Taiwanese religious groups and nearly 24,000 Taiwanese civic organizations. GoLaxy said that the information of Taiwanese politicians was collected to support the narrative wars in Taiwan.

Source: Taipei Times March 17, 2026 17:14 UTC