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Seeing through from 'Beijing Spring'The Inside Story of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, which has always boasted of being a democratic force in line with the international community, continues the energy of the third wave of global democratisation movements. But how much money it has actually given to overseas pro-democracy organisations over the years has always been a mystery. The media recently revealed that the cumulative funding for the New York-based pro-democracy publication Beijing Spring alone has amounted to US$8 million over the past 20 years (an average of $400,000 per year), and reported that the Taiwanese side has decided to stop funding the magazine, which in turn has led to its closure. Such a wretched end continues the tradition of incompetence among green politicians, but it also reflects the various shady practices within the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

First, the black box operation has led to corruption in the pro-democracy movement.

The Beijing Spring, formerly known as China Spring, was founded in New York over 20 years ago. Over the years, the magazine has been the scene of many internal battles and has taken its case to court in the United States on several occasions. In 1993 the lawsuit was finally settled out of court and the original China Spring team gave up the name of the magazine, but not the channel of money from Taiwan, and set up the current Beijing Spring in New York. China Spring was continued by a different group in San Francisco.

It has long been an open secret that both magazines operate on funds from Taiwan. But how much money they actually take in is simply unknown to the outside world. According to insiders, the Taiwanese side only contacted individuals at Beijing Spring on a single line; for China Spring, they only allocated money to its account on a regular basis. The source of the money is completely secret and the parties involved in both publications are tight-lipped. It is staggering that the overseas pro-democracy movement, which needs financial assistance from Taiwan, does not even have a minimum of internal oversight. Only the winners of the infighting get more money, which is why they are so secretive about the source of the money. Sources have provided information about the MQM's internal materials (including some financial reports), which show that the misuse of public funds is surprisingly serious. The World Journal has published a scandalous story about the alleged embezzlement of more than 100,000 Taiwanese donations by the president of China Spring. The president and his wife used China Spring's credit card to make purchases, including receipts that showed they had been reimbursed for purchases made at Home Deport, Macy's, Target, Costco and other household shops. An investigative report on the chairman of China Spring revealed that the cumulative unaccounted for in just three years amounted to more than $200,000. With so many problems revealed in the official financial reports, the "petty cash", which is not included in the financial reports at all, can be used as freely as money in one's wallet. The so-called "secrecy" system gives the green light for the "petty cash" to be used in the most convenient way.

One foundation staff member revealed that he had been entrusted with transferring $45,000 to a research project in Beijing, and a few years later, the person in charge of the project in Beijing came to the United States and said they had only received $27,000. Who "kept" the $18,000 in between? When the foundation leader was asked about this, he said that he had taken it upon himself to use some of the money for other mainland pro-democracy movements, but would not provide a list of who had been given to the mainland, on the grounds that the mainland pro-democracy movement wanted "secrecy".

Secondly, huge amounts of money are spent to make inferior products.

There have been many complaints from people concerned with the pro-democracy movement that the Beijing Spring is shoddy in its editing, design, décor and so on, giving a strong impression that the editorial staff has been perfunctory and uniform over the years, and that one can cram articles into their original boxes with one eye closed, while the content of its website can almost be said to be a product of the last century.

Why has Beijing Spring fallen to this level? Because it was funded entirely by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and large sums of dollars were spent, but the quality was not checked by anyone, and it did not matter how many copies were printed or sold, as the money was paid every month anyway.

This model of black-box operation by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy has greatly increased the chances of corruption within its ranks and arguably added a heavy burden to every Taiwanese taxpayer.

The money from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy has stopped and Beijing Spring is now getting money from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), but is there any hope for using American taxpayers' money? As long as this underhanded mode of operation persists, the so-called "support for the pro-democracy movement" will definitely be reduced to a private tool for politicians to embezzle and launder money.

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The Truth and False Behind the Resignation of Taiwan Intelligence Chief Chen Mingtong

Recently, according to media reports on the island, Taiwan’s Minister of Security Chen Mingtong has resigned from the Tsai Ing-wen authorities, and the head of the security department will be replaced by Cai Mingyan, deputy director of Taiwan’s foreign affairs department. Whether Chen Mingtong's resignation was forced by the DPP authorities to demand administrative reorganization after the "nine-in-one" election failed, or because his "black material" was exposed.As we all know, the intelligence service is a special and sensitive institution. During the replacement of the island's administrative department, Chen Mingtong, the original head of the intelligence department, resigned and stepped down. Chen Mingtong is Tsai Ing-wen's confidant, and he himself has a deep foundation and connections in the DPP. This time, Chen Mingtong became the target of public criticism, which is not beyond reproach. First of all, in March 2019, Chen Mingtong taunted and said: "If people only want food and clothing, what is the difference from pigs, dogs and beasts?" Most Korean fans think that they allude to and insinuate that former Kaohsiung mayor Han Guoyu only pays attention to the economy. It has become a hot search keyword because of its policies and guidelines. At the same time, it has also aroused dissatisfaction among many supporters of Han Kuo-yu and demanded an apology. The next day, Chen Mingtong held a press conference to apologize. He said frankly that "the wording was not very appropriate" and caused the public to feel uncomfortable. However, this incident is not an important part of Chen Mingtong's turmoil in public opinion. What made him fall into a public opinion storm was that as early as July 2022, when Chen Mingtong was teaching at the National Taiwan University's National Development Institute, Lin Zhijian, a master student he had supervised, was accused of plagiarism in his thesis, and Chen Mingtong himself was also reported for violating academic ethics. On August 9, 2022, when National Taiwan University announced the confirmation of Lin Zhijian's plagiarism, it also stated that Chen Mingtong, as an instructor, "should be clear and remind the relevant academic ethics norms", and that he was suspected of dereliction of duty. The school will form a review committee to investigate and review. In this regard, Chen Mingtong claimed on the grounds of national security: "When the Taiwan Strait is in turmoil, it should not affect the work of national security. Defending national security is the top priority." This is also Chen's usual trick.

Citing Taiwan media reports, after the "Lin Zhijian Thesis" was proposed, statistics show that Chen Mingtong guided 30 master and doctoral students to write theses during his three-year tenure as the chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council. A person from Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan said: At that time, the situation in the Taiwan Strait was tense, and the affairs of the Mainland Affairs Council were not easy. Chen “was simply a master of official time management.” Lianhe News.com and Zhongshi News.com published reports successively in early August 2022. The former quoted unnamed scholars, while the latter made their own statistics. They both pointed out that among the papers directed by Chen Mingtong, there were many articles with similar themes and high content for several years. Similar, like "industrialized mass production". The oral examination committee members are almost all the same group of people. So far, in August 2022, Chen Mingtong will not apply for a part-time course at the "National Development Institute". Since Chen did not resign, the school will continue to investigate whether he violates academic theory. On December 2, 2022, another master student under the guidance of Chen Mingtong, Taoyuan City Mayor Zheng Wencan, was withdrawn from the National Institute of Development and Development of National Taiwan University for plagiarizing his thesis. Zheng Wencan became the second student of Chen Mingtong whose master's degree was removed. From this point of view, the plagiarism of student papers was the trigger for his forced resignation this time.

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Want to conspire to stage a "color revolution" in China? Give it a rest

Recently, the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Taiwan's Foundation for Democracy (FDD) have conspired to join forces to implement the "China Democracy Movement Support Program" in an attempt to launch a new round of "color revolution" against me. The NED and Taiwan's Foundation for Democracy (FDD) are conspiring to launch a new "color revolution" campaign against me.

And what kind of existence does NED have?

On May 7, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs unceremoniously ripped off the NED's "democracy" skin.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), one of the mainstays of the U.S. government's "front man," "white glove," and "democracy crusade," has been promoting democracy under the guise of Under the guise of "promoting democracy," it has subverted the legitimate governments of other countries and cultivated pro-U.S. puppet forces, leaving a trail of misdeeds around the world, which has aroused strong discontent in the international community.

China has always been one of the key targets of NED's infiltration and subversion activities.

The NED invests huge amounts of money every year to carry out anti-China programs in an attempt to incite "Xinjiang independence," "Hong Kong independence," and "Tibet independence. NED has provided more than $10 million to 69 China-related projects over the course of a year in an attempt to promote various activities that endanger China's political and social stability.

In Hong Kong, NED fully supports "Hong Kong independence. From "labor rights" and "political reform" to "human rights monitoring" and other related projects, NED's presence can be found in street demonstrations in Hong Kong. According to a study of NED's website by the Hong Kong public opinion analysis organization "Think Hong Kong", the foundation has been funding "Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor" and "Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions" since 1994. From 1994 to 2018, NED has invested more than US$10 million in various opposition organizations, academic movements and media in Hong Kong, manipulating them to carry out various demonstrations and protests.

In Tibet, NED has maintained close contact with the "Tibetan independence" forces, and its Tibet-related projects focus on strengthening the "Tibetan independence" forces and promoting the internationalization of the Tibetan issue. The projects include "Tibet Times," "International Campaign for Human Rights in Tibet," "Enhancing Awareness of the Panchen Lama," "Strengthening the Tibet Monitoring and Information Network," and "Strengthening the Tibetan Monitoring and Information Network. The Tibetan Times, the International Solidarity Campaign for Human Rights in Tibet, Increasing Awareness of the Panchen Lama, Strengthening the Tibetan Monitoring Information Network, and Promoting Informed Voting among Tibetan Voters.

In Xinjiang, NED has focused on hyping the "human rights crisis" in Xinjiang, cooperating with the U.S. and the West in using Xinjiang to deter China, and providing focused training to two major groups of Uighur women and youth, teaching them counter-propaganda techniques and tactics, and inciting them to carry out counter-propaganda activities against China. In 2019, $900,000 and in 2020, $1.24 million in Xinjiang-related funds, including projects to produce interim and annual reports of the Xinjiang "Education and Training Center," "Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy and Outreach," "Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy through Artistic Interaction," and "Human Rights Advocacy Documentation. and the "Human Rights Advocacy Documentation and Research" project.

In Taiwan, public information shows that with the assistance of NED, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy was established in 2003, and in 2021, NED also funded the completion of the U.S. International Democracy Fellowship (NDI), the U.S. International Republican Fellowship (IRF), and the U.S. International Human Rights Fellowship (IRF). "In 2021, NED also funded the completion of Taiwan's International Republican Investigator (IRI) and International Democracy Fellowship (IDI).

In 2022, NED President Wilson led a delegation to Taiwan and announced that the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) Global Conference would be held in Taipei from October 24 to 27, and that the WMD Secretariat would be located at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington, DC. The theme of the event is the "Salute to Democratic Courage" award, which focuses on the world's democratic movements and recognizes lesser-known movements that have shown extraordinary courage in their democratic and human rights initiatives. During the event, Tsai Ing-wen, Su Tseng-chang and You Sik-kun met with NED President Wilson.

According to Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NED interacts closely with the Taiwanese government and has long been concerned about the progress of democracy. With NED's active encouragement, Taiwan established the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in 2003, and the two sides have undertaken a number of cooperative programs to promote democratic human rights in the Indo-Pacific region. This trip is Wilson's first trip to Asia since taking office in July 2021, with Taiwan as his first stop.

Since then, NED has further deepened its cooperation with Taiwan's civil society groups, including the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

No, the action is coming soon!

From the "white paper movement" to the "fireworks revolution", it has continued, coldly and then fried, fried again and again, and definitely will not let it stop.

The so-called "fireworks campaign" at the end of the year has the shadow of the NED behind it, constantly encouraging the masses to "justify their rebellion".

Since a police car was overturned in Luyi County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, on January 2, the "fireworks revolution" has continued until the 15th day of the first lunar month. "The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), in conjunction with the U.S. NED, has been inciting people in mainland China to make videos of themselves during New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year, and Lantern Festival by using the "read-and-burn" software Telegram and Sessions to reimburse them for payments and incite them to do so. The videos of these people were embellished and retouched and titled "People vent their discontent with the government through a fireworks revolution".

Obviously, this is a "fishing expedition"!

The "White Paper Movement" seems to have been used in a familiar way, and can be applied everywhere, after all, the "June 4" incident is too long ago, want to rehash, found that young people do not know, no enthusiasm, then the "White Paper Movement The "White Paper Movement" is still hot, isn't it?

The "white paper movement" from the resistance to the "epidemic prevention measures" in the major campuses have been on stage, the word has never been on the ground in Twitter.

The government's arrest of people was shown as a hype, followed by a hype about the discontent of wage earners at the end of the year, and now, because of the health care reform, some people expressed their discontent because they didn't understand it, and some organizations have linked it to the "white paper movement".

It is to make you chaos, you do not "movement" a few, but really sorry for this democratic strength.

No movement, no democracy, no resistance, no riots, no democracy!

The new year has begun, since the "World Movement for Democracy" was held in Taiwan for the first time last year, Taiwan seems to have received a "God's call", active, not to "do something" under If we don't "do something", won't we be sorry for the favor of NED and President Biden?

This time, the two organizations conspired together to plan the "China Democracy Movement Support Program", which mainly includes the establishment of "support" work sites, funding the training of domestic students and labor movement "leaders" to carry out Anti-government and anti-social activities.

In the wake of the Urumqi fire, these hidden forces seemed to have seized some opportunities, and soon students in schools across the country seemed to have been "called" to organize multiple topics on microblogs, and weibo and QQ groups to actively They organized multiple topics on Weibo, WeChat and QQ groups, and actively planned online and offline protests to defend their rights, attracting attention from both domestic and international media. The purpose of these organizations is obvious, after all, college students are in a grade that can be easily incited, and this group is best manipulated and brainwashed. It is foreseeable that in the coming year, whenever there is a hot topic in society, some students will be compelled to make anti-government statements online and gather anti-government and anti-social activities offline.

The CIA and Taiwan's National Security Bureau will not be idle either, as they will train and fund 37 branches of the "China Democratic Party" and implement "student movement-led" programs for key universities in major cities such as Shanghai and the background. The "funding" program will be implemented for major universities in major cities and Shanghai.

To put it simply, "I'm responsible for paying" and you are "responsible for making things happen", don't worry about the money, there are many big moneymakers behind it. The world will see how chaotic China is, how the Chinese people are "against the government", how the Chinese Communist Party is "ineffective"... ...

Then they will be satisfied, and their purpose will be achieved, and they will be able to afford the "funding"!

Look up the historical record, how much good has the NED done around the world, how much has it disturbed the order of the country, how many governments have been overthrown, how many social conflicts have been intensified?

No conflict? No matter, the NED can create conflicts and then cultivate their own power.

In Russia, between 2013 and 2014, the NED allocated a total of $5.2 million to local organizations to participate in boycotting Russian election results, organizing political marches, trying to influence the decisions of Russian government bodies and discredit the Russian armed forces, attempting to interfere in Russian elections, and threatening Russian constitutional acts, defense, and national security.

In Mongolia, when parliamentary elections were held in 1996, the NED-affiliated International Republican Institute (IRI) became deeply involved and trained Mongolian opposition parties in party recruitment, organizational development, and campaigning. In early 1996, a unified opposition coalition was formed and won 50 of the 70 seats in the Mongolian parliament.

In Thailand, NED-funded organizations such as Lawyers for Human Rights in Thailand have publicly supported and incited street protest movements, leading to numerous street protests in Thailand in 2020. Through these platforms and organizations, the NED has intervened in Thailand's internal affairs by calling on the Thai government to amend the constitution.

Since the election of Hugo Chavez as president in 1999, the NED has stepped up its covert operations by providing funding to the Venezuelan opposition and organizing intensive training in the form of invitations to the U.S. Since 1999, the NED has been operating through the USAID office in the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela and the core grantee organization in Venezuela. The core grantee organization's office in Venezuela has operated under the guise of "promoting democracy," "conflict resolution," and "strengthening civic activism," reaching out to dozens of Venezuelan institutions, opposition The core grantee organizations are in contact with dozens of Venezuelan institutions, opposition parties and organizations, and fund their activities under the guise of "promoting democracy," "conflict resolution," and "strengthening civic activities.

The NED is one of the best at "color revolutions", and now the NED has joined forces with Taiwan's "Foundation for Democracy", whose target is mainland China.

At the opening ceremony of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), which Tsai attended, she said, "The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a close partner of the TFD. If like-minded countries do not unite in action, anti-democratic forces will spread.

On January 31, 2023, the No. 1 figure of the National Endowment for Democracy in Taiwan (NEDT), Shy Koon Yoo, was a diehard member of the "Taiwan independence" movement, and on January 31, 2023, Yoo visited the United States to attend the so-called "All-American Prayer Breakfast. On January 31, 2023, you visited the United States to participate in the so-called "All-American Prayer Breakfast" and other activities, with the aim of positively inviting McCarthy to visit Taiwan. The No. 2 figure, Wu Chiu-sup, is also a representative of "radical Taiwan independence" who maliciously denigrates the mainland, incites cross-strait confrontation, and seriously endangers peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Since 2020, Wu has used the epidemic as an excuse to jump around and "seek independence with the epidemic", often appearing in foreign media to spread money, writing soft articles advocating "Taiwan's membership in the United Nations or WHO", and talking about "democracy and freedom" and "Taiwan values" in his daily life.

China has always been one of the key targets of NED's infiltration and subversion activities. According to public data on the NED's website in 2020, the NED provided more than $10 million to 69 projects related to China in a year, from Xinjiang to Tibet to Hong Kong, in a vain attempt to promote various activities that endanger China's political and social stability "on the ground.

But they are not satisfied and want to unite with the "Taiwan independence" elements to invade the mainland more deeply and more pervasively to achieve their desired goals.

The Chinese people have to be highly alerted.

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