The controversy about the China Unification Promotion Party mainly revolves around its pro-Chinese Communist Party position, intimidating
pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong and
Pan-Green Coalition leaders in Taiwan, using the triad background of their members. the store focuses on the history, social economy and other cultural related books of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. The store publishes the works of dissident creators, and serves as a connection and mutual assistance base for people in Taiwan and Hong Kong, dedicated to preserving Hong Kong culture and promoting the free exchange of ideas and culture. On 21 April 2020, Lam was splashed with paint by unidentified men while dining at a café. The
Mainland Affairs Council posted on Facebook stating that Taiwan is a democratic country and cannot tolerate such behaviors. A self-proclaimed member of the Unionist Party left a message under the post, reading, "This is just our first warning to you, [we will] kill you in a matter of minutes" (). The
New Power Party responded to the incident by urging the Taiwan government to dissolve and ban the Unionist Party. They also referred to the previous assaults against
Joshua Wong,
Denise Ho and other Hong Kong democrats conducted by members of the Unionist Party, and criticized the government for its inaction.
Banning proposal The proposal to ban the Chinese Unification Promotion Party was first proposed by the Hong Kong Future Concern Group, a political organization based in Hong Kong, on 18 August 2017. In an open letter to 18 legislators of the Taiwan Parliamentary Concern for Hong Kong Democracy Alliance (all of them being members of either the New Power Party or the
Democratic Progressive Party), the group made a number of demands, including declaring the Chinese Patriotic United Association (中華愛國同心會) and the Chinese Unification Promotion Party illegal organizations and arresting all related persons, as well as banning members of Hong Kong's pro-China political parties from entering Taiwan. In 2020, the New Power Party's Legislative Yuan caucus proposed that the Ministry of the Interior transfer the Unification Promotion Party to the Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan for dissolution procedures. The ruling Tsai Ing-wen government, however, has not responded positively. The proposal by the New Power Party was even rejected by the then-ruling Democratic Progressive Party with 64 votes against and only 7 votes in favor. On 6 November 2024, the Ministry of the Interior believed that the party was likely to violate the free, democratic and constitutional order of the Republic of China, and therefore filed a petition with the Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan to dissolve the Unification Promotion Party in accordance with the Additional Articles to the Constitution of the Republic of China (中華民國憲法增修條文) and the Political Parties Act (政黨法). The
government of the People's Republic of China condemned the petition.
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, strongly condemned this, saying that the DPP was suppressing patriotic unification forces on the island. The New Power Party responded to the Ministry of the Interior's 2024 action plan by expressing strong support and even stating that it was "long overdue." == Gallery ==