Led by representatives from the Want Want China Times Media Group, several dozens of people from the print, broadcast, new media and creative industries in Taiwan are taking part in the forum, where they were told it is their ‘duty’ to promote Chinese culture and cross-Strait unification.
Several dozens of journalists from Taiwan were present at the opening ceremony of the 4th “Cross-Strait Media People Summit” (兩岸媒體人峰會/兩岸媒體人北京峰會) in Beijing on May 10, during which participants heard an earful about their “responsibility” to promote “peaceful reunification,” the so-called “1992 consensus” and the “one country, two systems” formula.
More than 200 representatives from 100 media organizations from Taiwan and China were present at the event, co-organized by the Beijing Newspaper Group and Taiwan’s Want Want China Times Media Group (旺旺中時媒體集團). According to the China Times, a number of media organizations signed a series of cooperation agreements at the gathering (also known as the Beijing Taiwan Media Forum), which consists of one main forum and three roundtable discussions.
After meeting with the delegates at the opening ceremony at Beijing Hotel, Wang Yang (汪洋) (pictured above), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, 中國人民政治協商會議), shared his views on Xi Jinping’s Jan. 2 address to Taiwanese compatriots, a talk that had focused largely on “peaceful reunification,” the “1992 consensus” and “one country, two systems.”
Wang said that in the era of China’s “great rejuvenation,” both “time” and “potential” were on China’s side, adding that “Taiwan independence” and “foreign forces” were basically lost causes.
Cross-Strait media, he added, should shoulder the social responsibility of safeguarding and promoting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations. Media on both sides must “uphold national ethics, fulfill their social responsibilities, and jointly play the role of communicating to people on both sides of the Strait by promoting Chinese culture, deepening the integration of emotions, and continuing to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and promote the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland, and strive to realize the China dream.”
Want Want Group (旺旺集團) Chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明), his son, Want Want China Times Media Group Chairman Tsai Shao-chung (蔡紹中), and Want Want China Times Media Group Vice Chairman and former Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) headed the Taiwan delegation. Hsu Tao (徐濤) Global Vice President of VIA and HTC Group (威盛與宏達電集團) (affiliated with Cher Wang/HTC/TVBS), was also present as a consultant.
Zhu Jingruo (朱競若), president of the People’s Daily Beijing branch, Luo Guojun (駱國駿), president of the Xinhua News Agency Beijing branch, and Zhao Jingyun (趙靖云), president of Beijing Daily, represented the Chinese side.
Over the past decade, the Want Want China Times Media Group has been heavily involved in the promotion of cross-Strait media and cultural exchanges. It was revealed last month that Want Want China Holdings (中國旺旺控股有限公司) has received as much as NT$15.26 billion (US$495 million) in subsidies from China since 2007, fueling long-held suspicions that the group, which owns TV stations and print media in Taiwan, may be engaging in information/political warfare on Beijing’s behalf. Rumors have also been circulating around Taiwan for several months now that many media have been “co-opted” by Beijing. And in a recent disclosure to the Legislative Yuan, the National Security Bureau revealed that it knew of at least one media organization in Taiwan that gets its editorial cues from Beijing and is complicit in spreading pro-China disinformation. It is also widely expected that China will wage a massive disinformation campaign via social and traditional media in the lead-up to the January 2020 general elections.
The first cross-Strait media forum was held in Beijing on Nov. 6-7, 2015. At the time, there were 34 representatives from Taiwan and 45 from China. As we can see, the number of Taiwanese participants has more than doubled since 2015.
Below is a list, as it appears in the conference booklet, of the about 70 media personnel from Taiwan (and a few others) who are attending this year’s event (name, organization):
(print)
范凌嘉 聯合報總編輯 Editor in Chief, United Daily News (UDN)
黃素娟 經濟日報社長 President of Economic Daily News (UDN group)
翁得元 經濟日報總主筆兼副社長 Chief editor and deputy director, Economic Daily News
劉秀珍 經濟日報大陸事務總監 Director of Mainland affairs, Economic Daily News
汪莉絹 聯合報大陸新聞中心主任 Director of United Daily News center
黃清龍 旺報社長 President of Want Daily
王丰 中國時報社長 President of China Times newspaper
戎撫天 中國時報暨旺報總主筆, Chief editor, China Times and Want Daily
陳國瑋 工商時報社長 President, Commercial Times (Want Group)
劉于菁 真晨報董事長 Chairman of Zhenchen Daily
林文雄 台灣導報社長 President, Taiwan Reports
陳麗櫻 台灣導報董事長 Chairman, Taiwan Reports
(broadcast)
陳宏津 台灣廣播商會同業公會理事長 Chairman of the Taiwan Broadcasting Association
楊碧村 東方廣播董事長 Chairman of Oriental Broadcasting
凃進益 鄉土之聲董事長 Chairman of the Local Voices
丁文棋 台灣廣播電視節目協會榮譽理事長 Honorary Chairman, Taiwan Radio and Television Program Association
呂培元 台灣廣播電視節目協會理事長 Chairman of the Taiwan Radio and Television Program Association
莊文勤 台中廣播創辦人 Founder of Taichung Broadcasting
莊子富 台中廣播總經理 General Manager of Taichung Broadcasting
蘇恩恩 古都廣播總經理 General Manager of Broadcasting
林俊杰 M Radio總經理 General Manager M Radio
孫玉珍 山城廣播總經理 General Manager of Mountain City Broadcasting
陳全斌 成功廣播董事長 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Success
梁修混 台灣聲音廣播興業總經理 General Manager, Taiwan Sound Broadcasting
孫國祥 好事聯播網副董事長 Chairman of Good News Network
袁韵樺 鳳鳴廣播董事 Director of Fengming Broadcasting
卓蓉萱 東方廣播台長 Director of Oriental Broadcasting (FM 99.5)
張哲榮 蓮友廣播副台長 Deputy Director of Lianyou Broadcasting
(television)
邱佳瑜 中視董事長 Chairman of CTV
胡雪珠 中視總經理 General Manager of CTV
楊盛昱 TVBS執行副總 Executive Vice President of TVBS
林大法 TVBS海外發展部總監 Director of TVBS Overseas Development Department
陳立元 東森副總經理 Deputy General Manager of Eastern Broadcasting Co
王凌霄 東森新聞部副理 Deputy Director of the Department of Information, Eastern Broadcasting Co
王一中 中天新聞部助理總監 Assistant Director, CTiTV News Department
王又正 中天政治大爆掛主持人 CTiTV politics
張文山 中天邀約嘉賓 CtiTV invited guest
張銘志 中天邀約嘉賓 CtiTV invited guest
(new media)
馬詠睿 東森新聞雲董事長 Chairman of Eastern Broadcasting Co News Cloud
俞雨霖 台灣中評社社長 President of China Review Society (Taiwan)
林淑玲 台灣中評社總編輯 Editor-in-Chief, China Review Society (Taiwan)
楊方儒 Knowing創辦人 Founder, cnyes (Anue)
賴岳謙 中時電子報社長 President of China Times Electronic News
呂庭華 時際創意傳媒總經理 General Manager of Times International Advertising Creative Media
刁洪智 巨亨網董事長 Chairman of Juheng Network
(magazines)
戚嘉林 祖國文摘社長 President of the Motherland Digest
石靜文 天下雜誌顧問 Consultant, CommonWealth Magazine*
陳肅瑜 時報周刊社長 President of China Times Weekly
(publishing)
王祿旺 中華出版基金會常務董事 Managing Director, China Publishing Foundation
楊克齊 中華出版基金會董事長 Chairman of China Publishing Foundation
馬立懿 中華出版基金會董事 Director of China Publishing Foundation
陳純純 台灣出版商業同業公會聯合會副秘書長 Deputy Secretary General, Taiwan Federation of Publishing and Trade Associations
張雲喬 中華出版基金會副執行長 Deputy Chief Executive Officer, China Publishing Foundation
(experts)
吳永乾 世新大學校長 President of Shih Hsin University (Want Want is very active on campus)
郭冠英 專欄作家 Columnist
袁天明 台北市新聞記者公會理事長 Chairman of the Taipei City Press Association
曠湘霞 中華新聞記者協會理事 Director of Chinese Journalists Association
馬道明 高雄市新聞記者公會理事長 Chairman of the Kaohsiung City Press Association
李蕙 諾耶廣告董事長 Chairman of Noyer Advertising
陳玲珍 CNEX集團創辦人 Founder of CNEX Group
賴總筆 上海恩橋依影視總經理 Shanghai Enqiao Yi Film General Manager
黃朝亮 想亮影藝總經理 General manager of Bright Film Art
鄧長富 華視文化董事長、鄧麗君文教基金會董事長 Chairman of Huashi Culture, Chairman of the Teresa Teng Culture and Education Foundation*
羅法平 鑫盛集團董事長 Chairman of Xinsheng Group
劉瑋慈 星勢力娛樂董事長 Chairman of Star Power Entertainment
林宜標 時藝多媒體總經理 General Manager of Media Sphere Communications Ltd Multimedia (Want Group)
林淑黛 旺中文化傳媒北京公司總經理 General Manager of Want China Times Culture Media Beijing
李彥甫 聯合數位文創董事長 Chairman of the Board of Directors of UDNFunLife
楊忠衡 廣藝基金會董事長 Chairman of Guangyi Foundation
許和捷 台大系統文化基金會董事 National Taiwan University Culture Foundation
游冉琪 人文遠雄博物館董事長 Chairman of the Farglory Museum
彭彥倫 北京華威全球文化副董事長 Vice Chairman, Beijing Wovie Global Culture
陳克威 北京華威全球文化總經理 General Manager of Beijing Wovie Global Culture
(youth participants)
何溢誠 台灣青年聯合會理事長、匯流新聞網副總編 Chairman of the Taiwan Youth Federation, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Huiliu News Network
林蔚丞 台灣青年聯合會副理事長 Vice President of Taiwan Youth Federation
陳建維 台北市青年聯合會理事長 Chairman of the Taipei Youth Federation
(guests of Want Want Group)
林天良 旺中媒體集團北京辦事處首席代表 Chief Representative of Want China Times Media Group Beijing Office
施明黎 旺中媒體集團公共事務處長 Director of Public Affairs, Want China Times Media Group
王銘義 旺中媒體集團北京辦事處副代表 Deputy Representative of Want China Times Media Group Beijing Office
李柏橖 旺旺集團北京總廠長 Want Want Group Beijing Director
* According to the Taiwan FactCheck Center (台灣事實查核中心), 石靜文 is not a consultant for CommonWealth Magazine, and 鄧長富 did not represent Huashi Culture.
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