The real meaning of the Puma Shen affairBy Chu Meng-hsiang 朱孟庠After staging military exercises around Taiwan last week, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) once again launched a ruthless repression campaign against Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋). This is not merely personal intimidation, it is a direct challenge to Taiwan’s sovereignty and democratic system. For Taiwan, the so-called “Puma Shen phenomenon” is not merely a matter of a single legislator being threatened — it epitomizes how a democratic nation confronts infiltration and transnational repression by an authoritarian regime. On one hand, civil society has rallied around the slogan “We are all Puma Shen,” demonstrating both clarity and resistance. “We are all Puma Shen” is more than just a slogan, but a democratic society reinforcing its own identity in the face of authoritarian oppression.

Source: Taipei Times January 09, 2026 17:45 UTC