The Washington Times ^ | November 26, 2026 | Bill Gertz Posted on by WhiteHatBobby0701 Washington Times columnist Maochun “Miles” Yu (余茂春), one of the nation’s leading China experts, incurred the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party recently, highlighting the global reach of his reports. Mr. Yu appears to have hit a political nerve with his recent opinion article listing 10 reasons why Peking’s call for reunification with Taiwan is “a hoax.” His list includes the fact that Taiwan was never part of Communist China and that Taiwan’s current sovereignty is not an extension of the 1949 civil war between communists and nationalists. “China’s ‘reunification’ slogan,” Mr. Yu wrote Oct. 27, “is a hoax sustained by fear, ideology and deception.” Peking’s ire was expressed in an unusually long and detailed rejoinder article that appeared Nov. 20 in the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Yu was accused by the publication of “viciously attacking the mainland’s strategy and policies towards Taiwan.” By sharing much of Mr. Yu’s original column in its detailed rebuttal, the People’s Daily actually offered its reported 944 million readers a rare honest assessment of the Taiwan issue, Mr. Yu said. The People’s Daily piece, written by Xin Qiang, a Chinese official at Peking’s Taiwan Research Center and at Fudan University, sought to refute each of Mr. Yu’s 10 points by citing well-known propaganda and disinformation points frequently used by the CCP. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes. com . TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; Taiwan KEYWORDS: china; relations; taiwan China attacks Trump folks who write for Washington’s Premier Newspaper. 1 posted on by WhiteHatBobby0701 Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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China lashes out at The Washington Times columnist over Taiwan
