China sanctions education, interior ministers over ‘separatism’By Chen Yu-fu and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writerChina’s Taiwan Affairs Office today listed Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳), Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao (鄭英耀) and a high prosecutor as “Taiwan independence diehards,” banning them and their families from entering China and its territories. The sanctions also ban businesses associated with the “separatists” from operating in China, applicable for life. Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang speaks to reporters ahead of a plenary session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on March 12 last year. The office also listed Chen Shu-yi (陳舒怡) of the High Prosecutors’ Office as an accomplice in separatist activities. By targeting “pro-independence” officials across the education, interior and judicial sectors, China is framing the Democratic Progressive Party government as persecuting Chinese spouses and its judiciary as suppressing dissent, the professor said.

Source: Taipei Times January 07, 2026 05:01 UTC