China’s leaders met to ‘coordinate’ election interference in Taiwan: Report

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Ahead of elections in Taiwan, senior Chinese leaders held a meeting to “coordinate” the government’s efforts to interfere in the island nation’s poll affairs, according to intelligence gathered on the island. According to Taiwanese intelligence officials, Beijing is nudging voters in the country toward candidates who seek closer ties with China in the January 13 presidential and legislative election. The meeting in Beijing was held by the Chinese Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader, Wang Huning, who is also deputy head of Beijing’s Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs, chaired by President Xi Jinping, according to multiple Taiwan security officials who discussed...