Taiwan has launched a crackdown on holders of illegal Chinese identity documents, revoking the Taiwanese status of more than 20 people and putting tens of thousands of Chinese-born residents under scrutiny.
Under Taiwan law it is illegal for Taiwanese people to hold Chinese identity documents. In the past decade, hundreds of people have had their Taiwanese papers or passports cancelled for also holding Chinese ID, effectively revoking their citizenship.
But a renewed hunt for dual ID-holders has drawn controversy after the public expulsion of three women and threats to the permanent residencies of more than 10,000 Chinese-born people, including many who had built lives and families in Taiwan over decades.
Under Taiwan law it is illegal for Taiwanese people to hold Chinese identity documents.
Yet they’ll still press those people into military conscription. The law was made so people can’t use being a chinese citizen to be able to escape the mandatory military service, so even those with chinese citizenship are conscripted into serving the Taiwanese military.