Patriot Alliance Association

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Chinese Patriot Alliance Association 中華愛國同心會/中華愛國同心黨
Taiwan independence
Political position	Right-wing to far-right[1]
Colours	Red,   Blue,   White
Legislative Yuan	0 / 113
Party flag
Politics of Taiwan Political parties Elections

The (Chinese) Patriot Alliance Association (Chinese: 愛國同心會), abbreviated PAA, also known as the Concentric Patriotism Alliance (Chinese: 中華愛國同心會) or the Concentric Patriotism Association of China is a pro-Chinese Communist Party organization that supports the unification of Taiwan and mainland China.^[2][3]

The organization was founded in 1993 and has been subjected to multiple public complaints of harassment and aggression. Because of this, its members have been informally labeled "Communist thugs in Taiwan".^[3] Previous attacks by members of the PAA have targeted Falun Gong-practitioners in front of the Taipei 101 square in 2010.^[2][4]

Zhang Xiuye [zh] is a founding member of the Chinese Patriotic Alliance Association. She was born in Shanghai, married a Taiwanese and then moved to Taiwan around 1993, after which she and her husband divorced.^[3] According to some sources, Zhang is considered the leader of the PAA.^[4] She has been sued in Taiwan for aggravated slander.^{[citation needed]}

Another member of the PAA is the Vietnamese-born Su An-sheng (蘇安生), who had reportedly kicked the former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, in the back.^[5][6][7]

In July 2022, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office disclosed that the PAA's attempts to influence Taiwanese politics were funded by the Taiwan Affairs Office in mainland China. Wanted notices were issued for Lin Ming-mei, the wife of former party chairman Chou Ching-chun, and the party's secretary-general, Zhang Xiuye.^[8]

See also

• Chinese Unification Promotion Party
• One country, two systems
• United front in Taiwan
• Radical pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)

References

External links

• Taiwan: Spies, Lies and Cross-straits Ties. People and Power, Al Jazeera English, September 2018
• J. Michael Cole: China Acting on ‘Lebanonization’ Threat Against Taiwan. Taiwan Sentinel, 8 May 2018