India, April 3 -- Taipei [Taiwan] April 3 (ANI) China is increasingly using Taiwan's existing business, cultural, and exchange frameworks as a cover to quietly expand its political influence, according to a Taiwanese academic. These activities, he stated, are carefully disguised as routine interactions, making them harder to detect and counter, as reported by The Taipei Times.

According to The Taipei Times, Hung Pu-chao, deputy director of Tunghai University Center for Mainland China and Regional Development Research, pointed to a recent indictment as evidence of a potentially greater and coordinated effort. Xu Chunying, a China-born resident of Taiwan through marriage, has been accused of participating in election interference allegedly...