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Patriot Alliance Association

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Chinese Patriot Alliance Association
中華愛國同心會/中華愛國同心黨
LeaderChou Ching-chun
Secretary-GeneralZhang Xiuye
FoundedAugust 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)[A]
HeadquartersWanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan
IdeologyChinese unification
Socialism with Chinese characteristics (de jure)
One country, two systems
Chinese conservatism
Anti–Taiwan independence
Political positionRight-wing[1] to far-right[2]
National affiliationPro-Beijing camp
Colours  Red,   Blue,   White
Legislative Yuan
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Party flag
^ A: It is the day the Patriot Alliance Association (PAA) was founded as a political party; the PAA was founded as a political organization in November 12, 1993 (1993-11-12).
Sound truck belonging to the Patriot Alliance Association bearing ROC flags, with anti-Falun Gong and anti-Lee Teng-hui slogans, and declaring that the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands belong to China.

The (Chinese) Patriot Alliance Association (Chinese: 愛國同心會), abbreviated PAA, also known as the Concentric Patriotism Alliance (Chinese: 中華愛國同心會) or the Concentric Patriotism Association of China is a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization that supports the unification of Taiwan and China.[3][4] The PAA is principally described as a pro-CCP party and it is described by Xiao Jiahong writing for Minbao as a far-right[2] party. Despite its pro-Communist position, it continues to use ROC symbolism.

History

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The organization was founded in 1993 and has been subjected to multiple public complaints of harassment and aggression. Because of this, its members have been informally labeled "Communist thugs in Taiwan".[4] Members of the PAA engaged in altercations with Falun Gong-practitioners during demonstrations in front of the Taipei 101 square in 2010 which escalated to physical violence.[3][5]

Zhang Xiuye is a founding member of the PAA. She was born in Shanghai, married a Taiwanese and then moved to Taiwan around 1993, after which she and her husband divorced.[4] According to some sources, Zhang is considered the leader of the PAA.[5]

In January 1997, the Chosun Ilbo, a conservative South Korean newspaper, reported that the PAA, along with the New Party, was a "far-right" and "anti-Korean"; the report stated that they had torn up the South Korean national flag in protest against the South Korean government and pro-environmental South Korean demonstrators who opposed the Lee Teng-hui administration’s attempt to transfer Taiwan’s nuclear waste to North Korea's territory through negotiations with the North Korean government.[6][7]

Another member of the PAA is the Vietnamese-born Su An-sheng (蘇安生), who had reportedly kicked the former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, in the back.[8][9][10]

On August 2018, 30 members of pro-Beijing Taiwanese groups, including the PAA, staged a protest in downtown Taipei in front of the Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association—Japan’s official liaison office for Taiwan—chanting slogans such as "Don’t forget Japan’s history of aggression against China" and "Japan must pay compensation to the comfort women." They are accused of collusion with mainland China, claiming Taiwan's sovereignty over Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and Taiwan) claims. In recent years, pro-Beijing groups waving the Five-Star Red Flag in the streets have become a prominent sight in Taiwan, prompting calls for regulations to be imposed.[11]

In July 2022, the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office disclosed that the PAA's attempts to influence Taiwanese politics were funded by the Taiwan Affairs Office in China. Wanted notices were issued for Lin Ming-mei, the wife of former party chairman Chou Ching-chun, and the party's secretary-general, Zhang Xiuye.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ 新台灣新闻周刊: Issues 388-396. 本土文化事業有限公司. 2003. p. 8. ... 右派團體「愛國同心會」數人赴榮總抗議李登輝的畫面。
  2. 1 2 蕭嘉弘 (2018-09-21). "台灣急統派不是民主極右勢力！" [Taiwan's 'radical pro-unification factions' is not a 'democratic far-right'.]. 民報 Taiwan People News. Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. 標榜大中國民族主義，屬於極右的愛國同心會和統促黨則完全不同，... [The far-right Patriot Alliance Association and Chinese Unification Promotion Party, which advocates Chinese ultra-nationalism, is completely different, ...]
  3. 1 2 Wei, Katherine (21 January 2015). "Ko demands new Xinyi police chief report on alleged Falun Gong fight". The China Post. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Cole, J. Michael (16 August 2014). "Who's Waving Those PRC Flags (and Beating People Up) at Taipei 101?". Thinking Taiwan. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 Min-Hua Chiang (30 October 2015). China-Taiwan Rapprochement: The Political Economy of Cross-Straits Relations. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 9781317427940.
  6. ↑ "[녹색연합] 대만서 항의시위한 회원 귀국" [[Green Korea United] Member who protested in Taiwan return (to South Korea)]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). January 31, 1997. Retrieved June 28, 2026. 대만 애국동심회와 제3당인 신당 등 극우단체들은 녹색연합 회원들의 항의시위에 반발,태극기를 찢는 등 연일 맞불시위를 벌였다고 장총장은 말했다. [Director-General Jang said that far-right groups, including Taiwan’s Patriot Alliance Association and the New Party—the third-largest political party—staged counter-protests day after day in response to the protests by members of the Green Korea United, even going so far as to tear up the Taegeukgi.]
  7. ↑ "[대만] 외교부 "북이전 강행"…극우단체선 반한집회" [[Taiwan] Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "pushing for the transfer of (nuclear waste) to North (Korea)”... far-right groups hold anti-Korean rallies]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). January 27, 1997. Retrieved June 28, 2026. 대만의 극우단체인 「중화민국 애국동심회」 회원 10여명은 이날 주타이베이 한국 대표부가 있는 국제무역센터 빌딩 앞에 모여 대통령 허수아비와 태극기화형식을 갖고 처음으로 한국에 대해 항의를 표시했다. [About 10 members of the "Republic of China Patriot Alliance Association," a far-right group in Taiwan, gathered in front of the International Trade Center building—where the South Korean Representative Office in Taipei is located—and staged a protest against South Korea by burning a scarecrow representing the South Korean president and the Taegeukgi.]
  8. ↑ "Man sentenced to 3 days in jail for kicking ex-president". Taiwan News. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Chang, Rich; Shu-ling, Ko (22 July 2008). "Chen kicked by protester at hearing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Anklage: Aktivist trat Taiwans Ex-Präsidenten Chen in den Hintern". Der Standard (in German). 12 September 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "台北で日本に抗議活動　親中派勢力" [Pro-Beijing Groups Hold Protest Against Japan in Taipei]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). August 15, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2026. 台湾の親中派団体のメンバーら約30人が15日、台北市内にある日本の対台湾窓口機関、日本台湾交流協会の前で「日本の対中侵略の歴史を忘れるな」「日本は慰安婦に賠償せよ」などと訴える抗議活動を行った。[...] 参加したのは、沖縄県・尖閣諸島（台湾名・釣魚台）の台湾領有権を主張する団体や、中国当局とのつながりが指摘されている「中華愛国同心会」のメンバーら。台湾では近年、親中派が五星紅旗を街頭で振る活動が目立ち、規制すべきだとの声も出ている。 [On the 15th, approximately 30 members of a pro-China group in Taiwan staged a protest in front of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association—Japan’s liaison office for Taiwan, located in Taipei—chanting slogans such as "Don’t forget Japan’s history of aggression against China" and "Japan must pay compensation to the comfort women." [...] Participants included members of groups asserting Taiwan’s sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in Taiwan) in Okinawa Prefecture, as well as members of the "Chinese Patriot Alliance Association", which has been accused of having ties to Chinese authorities. In recent years, pro-Beijing groups waving the Five-Star Red Flag in the streets have become a prominent sight in Taiwan, prompting calls for regulations to be imposed.]
  12. ↑ Chien, Li-chung; Chung, Jake (6 July 2022). "TAO funded pro-unification patriotism party". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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