The public security bureau in Quanzhou, Fujian province announced on November 13 a bounty of 50,000 to 250,000 yuan (US$7,040 to US$35,200) for tips leading to the capture of 25-year-old Chen Po-yuan, known online as “Minnan Wolf”, and his collaborator, Wen Tzu-yu.
Minnan refers to Southern Min, a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Fujian and Taiwan.
The notice, featuring their photos, Taiwanese ID numbers and birth dates, accuses the pair of posting “statements inciting secession” and “slandering” Beijing’s preferential policies towards Taiwanese compatriots on social media platforms.
Once a poster boy for cross-strait harmony, Chen arrived in Quanzhou in 2018 to study law at Huaqiao University, an institution under the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, according to social media posts by the university. The posts have since been deleted.
