Representatives from a temple in China are being investigated over suspicions they’re in Taiwan to promote unification under the guise of religious exchanges.
00:00Representatives from a temple in China are being investigated over suspicions there in Taiwan to promote unification under the ruse of a religious exchange.
00:10Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council received reports that representatives of the Fumei Temple from China's Fujian Province
00:16were meeting with temples and local officials during their visit to Taiwan without prior approval.
00:22The council is investigating whether the group purposefully evaded review or entered Taiwan under false pretenses.
00:29The case comes at a time when officials say Beijing is increasingly using religious exchanges as a pretext for so-called united front work in Taiwan.
