China care packages a ‘united front’ tactic: OCACBy Huang Ching-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerWhile Beijing has not prepared Lunar New Year care packages for overseas Taiwanese this year, Chinese embassies in Africa and North America have already issued warnings to expat groups not to invite Taiwanese officials to their holiday events, the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) said yesterday. China threatening overseas communities with “united front” rhetoric is a severe blow to the nation’s whole-of-society defense resilience efforts, Lee said. Overseas Community Affairs Council Deputy Director-General Lee Yen-hui speaks during a legislative committee meeting in Taipei yesterday. The OCAC also pledged to subsidize processing fees for the applications for three years and to cover partial interest for up to half a year. Transparency in supply chains and diversifying risks are becoming important considerations for the industrial and commercial sectors, she said.

Source: Taipei Times January 29, 2026 17:15 UTC