Number of Taiwanese missing in China risingFOURFOLD INCREASE: People should continue to assess the potential risks before traveling to China after 221 cases were reported last yearBy Chen Yu-fu and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe number of reports of Taiwanese going missing, being detained or interrogated, or having their personal liberties restricted in China has reached 313 since Jan. 1, 2024, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) data showed. Last month, 17 Taiwanese were reported missing or detained in China, with half of them still unaccounted for, a MAC official said on condition of anonymity. China in June 2024 issued a 22-point set of guidelines used to penalize “die-hard” Taiwanese independence separatists, allowing the Chinese Communist Party to more easily detain or interrogate Taiwanese. Since then, it has become increasingly risky for Taiwanese to visit China, Hong Kong or Macau, authorities said. Several Taiwanese members of the I-Kuan Tao religious group remain in detention in China, the official said.

Source: Taipei Times March 26, 2026 17:15 UTC