Taekwondo star, professor among those stripped of household registration because they held ID cards from the mainland.

In a move authorities said would curb infiltration, Taiwan has revoked the citizenship of 50 individuals who also held mainland Chinese passports and household registrations. The action was essential to safeguard security amid deepening cross-strait tensions, according to the island’s government. Critics, however, said the measure was part of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) broader push to discourage identification with the mainland and weaken the historical links between the two…

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