China setzt Kopfgelder für Influencer aus

China yesterday issued wanted notices for two Taiwanese influencers, accusing them of committing “separatist acts” by criticizing Beijing, amid broadening concerns over China’s state-directed transnational repression.

The Quanzhou Public Security Bureau in a notice posted online said police are offering a reward of up to 25,000 yuan (US$3,523) for information that could contribute to the investigation or apprehension of pro-Taiwanese independence YouTuber Wen Tzu-yu (溫子渝),who is known as Pa Chiung (八炯) online, and rapper Chen Po-yuan (陳柏源).

Wen and Chen are suspected of spreading content that supported secession from China, slandered Chinese policies that benefit Taiwanese and discrimination against Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals, the bureau said.

The two celebrities are “hitmen and accomplices of Taiwanese independence who exercise a malign influence,” it added.

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Chen Binhua (陳斌華) later that day called the two “malcontents… who must be severely punished to achieve the nation’s unification and rejuvenation.”

West Taiwan couldn’t just yapping BS.

This is wild, China is offering 50,000–250,000 yuan (around $6,700–$35K) for tips to arrest two Taiwanese influencers allegedly spreading “anti-China” content.

Feels like a heavy-handed move to control online narratives and tighten media influence across the Taiwan Strait.