The National Security Bureau said the initiative was modeled on practices used by intelligence agencies in the United States, the UK, and Israel.
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s top intelligence agency on June 14 launched a website inviting Chinese nationals to submit intelligence tips, saying it was providing a secure channel for what it says is a growing number of people disillusioned with life in China.
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau said in a press release that the new platform was modeled on similar reporting channels used by intelligence agencies in the United States, the UK, and Israel, and would “expand the bureau’s diverse intelligence sources.”
The bureau said it expected Chinese nationals to use the website, citing “mounting difficulties” facing China’s economy and what it described as Beijing’s “tight” political control.
“Coupled with a growing range of social and livelihood-related problems, these conditions have fueled public discontent,” the bureau added. “As a result, an increasing number of individuals have approached relevant agencies in Taiwan, wishing to provide various types of information.”
China’s communist regime considers the democratically governed Taiwan part of its territory and is seeking to seize Taiwan either by military attacks or through political influence. In 2024, the regime’s Taiwan Affairs Office announced an email address for reporting alleged crimes committed by Taiwanese “separatists”—a label Beijing uses for Taiwanese individuals who openly support the island’s sovereignty.
Video
The website prominently displays a one-minute promotional video that the bureau said was generated by artificial intelligence. It is narrated by an unnamed Chinese civil servant who describes witnessing colleagues being taken away for investigation without explanation, which the bureau says is intended to depict a “pervasive atmosphere that everyone is on edge under China’s totalitarian regime.”
The video begins with the word “Change” in simplified Chinese.
“Ah, yet another person has been taken away,” the narrator says in Mandarin, as the video shows a man being escorted out of a room by two others.
“When I entered the system back then, I was just looking for stability. Having a stable job meant I could support my family and give them a good life. But now everything has changed.”
By Frank Fang
